Aubrey Rose > Quotes

“Every sentence I could think of has already been said a hundred times over, by people whose words come out perfect and beautifully formed, where mine die on the tongue or straggle out onto the page, mangled and imperfect. But my story isn’t perfect, because I’m not perfect. Nothing is perfect except maybe in math, in the line that extends forever in both directions. Math is beautiful, I have always known that, but so is life. And I have grown to accept imperfection.”
― Aubrey Rose, Me, Cinderella?

“Life would move on with or without me, and I didn’t need to change myself in order to be beautiful, or happy, or worthly of love. I already was.”
― Aubrey Rose, Me, Cinderella?

“Evil things happen, and good things happen, and in neither physics nor religion is there an explanation that makes any kind of sense. When the world decides to hurt, there’s no way around it, no magical words that will save the day or turn back time and bring the dead to life. There’s no such thing as fate, or, wickedness, or girls who can be princesses and girls who can’t. There’s only person, and we all do the best we can.”
― Aubrey Rose, Me, Cinderella?

“Well, it would be helpful to not have to go through all of these in Braille," the man said. "I'm looking for the local wildlife guide and one other book." He held a paper out in front of him, and she took it. "The head librarian wrote the authors' names down for me," the man said, grinning. "I don't think she realized I couldn't read it." "That would be my boss," Julia sighed. "She's...she's the kind of person who yells at deaf people.”
― Aubrey Rose, Blind Wolf

“The pleasure we obtain from music comes from counting, but counting unconsciously. Music is nothing but unconscious arithmetic.” - Liebniz”
― Aubrey Rose, Me, Cinderella?

“Alekk turned back to me. There was a hint of softness in his eyes, but as he gripped my wrist it disappeared.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Kinaya?” “Yes, Dee?” “Don’t go looking for darkness. It will find you soon enough.”
― Aubrey Rose, The Scarred Prince

“That I could be a wolf, if I wanted to.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Any hint of kindness had gone from his face. It was only hateful now, hard and hateful, and I wanted”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Tell me the exact terms of your proposal, Princess,” Alekk said. “I’ve decided I want to hear your voice talk to me.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“to scream as he pushed down his pants and exposed his cock in front of everyone inside the tent.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“His arm pulled me up from the forest floor,”
― Aubrey Rose, The Scarred Prince

“he saw, because the corner of his mouths curled up even higher.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Alekk looked over at my parents and smiled, and if I didn’t know my dad was blind I could swear”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Are you hurting?” he asked. His words were kind, but his tone was blank, expressionless.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“A true alpha does the right thing, regardless of what his pack thinks,”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“You don't have a choice. My sisters will kill you if you don’t obey me.” “Then why are you protecting me?”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“His fingers threaded through my hair, pulling me off of his cock. I licked the last of his juices off of my lips. When I opened my eyes, he was staring at me in wonder.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha

“Your pack is immoral,” I said boldly. To my surprise, he didn’t disagree with me. Instead, he shook his head sadly.”
― Aubrey Rose, Bride to the Alpha