January Bell > Quotes

“Every day you choose to continue is a day that you choose to be brave.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Gladiator

“I will make you come as no other male has ever made you. You will take everything I give you and ask for more.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“I have found out the hard way that sometimes the things we want most take the longest. The seasonings of time, and desire, and hard work are like nothing else.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Beast

“Female, do not make that noise again. You will force me to take you before we get back to our ship if you keep those sexual sounds up.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“Do you believe in love at first sight?”
“No. I do believe, however, in finding your mate at first scent. Maybe not sight, because that is unreliable. But the moment I smelled your sweet perfume, the fragrance of your soft skin and hair, I knew. I knew you were mine.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“Carpe dickem, ladies,”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Brute

“You, your love, your body, your lifelong friendship, that is the prize. Not what you can do for me. Never that.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“I have done wrong by you, my little wife. But I will prove to you that I am no brute, that I am no monster, and that I do not wish you anything but safety and happiness.” The words stick in my throat, thick with emotion.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Brute

“Then I would tell you that you are sorely mistaken, because there's no way that I could be in the same room with the creature such as yourself and see all you do for the people of this town and feel anything but the utmost admiration for who you are.”
― January Bell, How to Please a Princely Fae

“He’s the only person I can count on right now because lord knows I have all the survival skills of a cream-cheese frosted strawberry cupcake.”
― January Bell, Claimed by the Lion

“More like, if I don’t touch myself right now, immediately, I might spontaneously combust. And if the alien touches me there, I might also spontaneously combust. I’ll put the come in combust.”
― January Bell, Alien Jeopardy

“This isn’t over,” he yells, barely dodging the serpent. I don’t really know what to say to that, so I just yell, “Okay!”
― January Bell, Stolen by the Scorpio

“His other arm’s under my head, and the scent of his skin further relaxes me. I wriggle closer to his warm body, and I know immediately the reason I slept so well is because he held me all night. Ga’Rek probably scared all the nightmares away.”
― January Bell, How to Woo a Warrior Orc

“Sounds like my husband is here,” I say smugly. “You better hope I don’t have a scratch on me, because—” “JUULIAAANNA! I AM COMING FOR YOU!”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“I love you, Aeroz, Rogue of Sueva. I see who you are, even the pieces you hide away, all of you, and I love you. And I will always stand up for you. Always.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“Because if you run,” I tell her, keeping my voice as easy as possible, "I will have to chase you.”
― January Bell, How to Please a Princely Fae

“I'm also annoyed with the fact that Kieran is apparently the type of male to leave his clothes in a pile on the floor—truly, a black mark against him.”
― January Bell, How to Please a Princely Fae

“A true mating partnership…” He takes my hand in his, and I make myself look up at his earnest expression. “It is not about the individual qualities, bad or good. It is about supporting the whole of the partner, and lifting each other up. It is about making the world a better place, about being that person’s home, their life support pod when their ship might fail.”
― January Bell, Alien Jeopardy

“I would wait a thousand years for you. A thousand lifetimes, just for this.”
― January Bell, Wed to the Alien Rogue

“Aquavitae, aquamarine,” I pause, forgetting the spell. “Shit. Do the thing we did with the cats when I was a little bean.” I close one eye, hoping that’s close enough, feeling the magic surge out of me. As one, the dwarves outside scream, stricken. Instead of the water I tried to summon, a pile of what appears to be horse manure has plopped down in front of my store. Caelan raises an elegant eyebrow at me, grinning fiercely. “Shit, eh?”
― January Bell, How To Tame A Trickster Fae