Shanna Swendson > Quotes

“Did someone actually have to do bad things to be a bad boy, or was it all about the potential? If it was the potential that counted, then maybe it was the restraint that was so sexy, knowing that he could do something dangerous and powerful but had the restraint not to.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“But when I clicked over to my e-mail program, it was just another “great opportunity” spam, this time adding the words “don’t delete!” to the subject line. With a sense of perverse satisfaction, I deleted it. It was probably the only act of rebellion I’d get away with all day.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Ruling the world is overrated. It would really cut into your leisure time.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest for the Wicked

“Any man who would deny you dessert isn’t worth having.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“To be perfectly honest, I think she became sick of Society during her debut season. Better to lock herself in her room with her books than to spend her life paying calls and going to balls.”
― Shanna Swendson, Rebel Mechanics

“Onze boosaardige aartsvijand had de concentratieboog van een peuter die hyper was van de suiker.”
― Shanna Swendson, Once Upon Stilettos

“Brrrrraaaaakkkkkkkeeeee!”
― Shanna Swendson, Damsel Under Stress

“Maybe we should bring back dueling,” Ethan mused. “It would really unclog the court system, and thin out the ranks of lawyers.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“She could possibly hit the best-seller list if she sold it as a novel, though.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“There was something to be said for blissful ignorance. But would I have been happier with no idea about what threatened my world? At least this way I stood a chance of doing something about it.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Flying carpets were severely lacking in safety features like seatbelts.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest For The Wicked

“I hope I don’t have to kiss anyone to wake them up. Bad things always seem to happen when I kiss someone to break a spell.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest For The Wicked

“If I’d thought the hint of restrained danger he’d shown earlier was sexy, now he was downright hot. I understood why heroines in superhero movies were always swooning into their unitard-wearing heartthrobs’ arms after being rescued. It wasn’t that they were shrinking violets or weak girly-girls. It was just that seeing a man do something so extraordinary and supernatural to save you has a way of making your knees go weak in a very pleasant way. I’d always heard power was an aphrodisiac, but I hadn’t considered the possible implications of that when working for a magical company.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Ik stak één straat eerder door naar 4th Avenue, omdat ik niet langs de kerk wilde lopen; er zat soms een stenen waterspuwer op die me de stuipen op het lijf joeg. Het was niet die waterspuwer zelf die ik eng vond, maar het was dat "soms" waar ik de zenuwen van kreeg. Waterspuwers zijn beeldhouwwerkjes, ze horen deel uit te maken van een gebouw. Als er een zit, hoort die daar altijd te zitten en niet af en toe.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Most of the time, he’s actually kind of nice. He’d be a great boss if you didn’t know about the world domination and frog stuff.” “You aren’t going to have a problem taking him down, are you?” “Heck, no. I know about the world domination and frog stuff.”
― Shanna Swendson, Frogs and Kisses

“Gregor werd nog roder. En toen werd hij groen.
Ik knipperde een paar keer met mijn ogen, maar hij was nog steeds groen, met rode ogen. Net de Hulk: hij werd steeds groener en griezeliger en er sprongen twee hoorntjes uit de zijkant van zijn hoofd. Ik had wel eens gehoord van monsterachtige bazen, ik had er zelf een gehad, maar dit was echt belachelijk.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Maar als je genoeg kikkers kust, kom je vanzelf wel een prins tegen.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“Ja, het is best een leuk bedrijf, al zitten er hier en daar een paar lijken in de kast." Ik kreeg het angstige voorgevoel dat ze dit letterlijk bedoelde. "En welk bedrijf heeft er nu niet een paar monsters in dienst?" Dat bedoelde ze waarschijnlijk ook letterlijk, maar ik had voor Mimi gewerkt, dus ik was wel wat gewend.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“if your life is already pretty good, there’s not much reason to go around hurting others.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“It took real talent to be that inept.”
― Shanna Swendson, Much Ado About Magic

“After four years of playing [the school fight song] for every pep rally, at the start of every half of every football game, after every score, at the end of the game, and at random times when the team needed a boost, it was forever drilled into my psyche.”
― shanna swendson, Don't Hex with Texas

“Ik begreep plotseling waarom de schaars geklede filmheldinnen altijd in katzwijm vielen in hun redders armen: niet omdat ze zulke slappe troela's waren, maar omdat je blijkbaar slappe knieën krijgt als een man iets heel bijzonders doet om jou te redden, en dat was, merkte ik nu, een plezierig gevoel.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“I then reluctantly headed up to my office, where I could do something exciting like alphabetize my pencil cup. Again.”
― Shanna Swendson, No Quest For The Wicked

“What woman could resist a handsome, wealthy, powerful, nice man who was also just a tiny bit broken inside? It meant that in spite of him seemingly having everything, there was something he still needed from me.”
― Shanna Swendson, Damsel Under Stress

“I came over to the book and saw that he was pointing to a spot on the southern New Jersey coastline.”
― Shanna Swendson, Enchanted, Inc.

“soon as the lady was more than halfway across the street, I swerved to”
― Shanna Swendson, Don't Hex With Texas

“I suggest you start seeing yourself the way he sees you and work on being the best you instead of worrying about what you’re not.”
― Shanna Swendson, Kiss and Spell

“Romantic comedy heroines were seldom on top of the world, doing exactly what they'd always wanted to do.”
― Shanna Swendson, Kiss and Spell

“Leave it to Athena to use arts and crafts as a weapon, Emily thought with a smile.”
― Shanna Swendson, A Kind of Magic

“My mother would disown you before you even joined the family. But not in the fun way where you never hear from her again. You’d still have to be around her. You’d just never be allowed to forget how you wronged her. It would be a life sentence.”
― Shanna Swendson, Frogs and Kisses