Susan Trombley > Quotes

“The truth is rarely as flattering as the stories we tell about ourselves.”
― Susan Trombley, The Fractured Mate

“No single being should decide who lives and who dies, who gives and who takes, who suffers in shadows and who always walks in sunlight. Life is not for us to control, but for us to live.”
― Susan Trombley, The Fractured Mate

“I couldn’t help thinking how nice it must feel to be literally carried away by the man of your dreams. If I could find my perfect man, there would definitely be some carrying involved. Even if I have to hogtie him first to keep him still while he’s slung over my shoulders.”
― Susan Trombley, The Scorpion's Mate

“Anytime there are questions you can’t ask, someone is trying to control you.”
― Susan Trombley, Lilith's Fall

“Change doesn’t always mean becoming someone different. Sometimes, it just means you make peace with who you already are.”
― Susan Trombley, The Fractured Mate

“Do you have anything to say to this listing of your crimes?” the leader of the panel, a sparse-quilled male, asks tightly. I shrug, willing my quills to remain flat. “It’s not that long?” I make it a question,”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“Yes, it’s still just cupcakes on there and not turd nuggets, which is what his distrustful tone implies.”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“You fight battles that have not even begun.” She turned her head away, breaking contact with his hand. “You know I’m talking about you, right?” “Yes.” “And that battle?” “You won that battle when I met you, Evie.”
― Susan Trombley, Key To The Dead Fall

“It is not the years that make you an adult, but the wisdom you earn through experience.”
― Susan Trombley, Chimera's Gift

“I guess it’s a good thing I wasn’t planning on going anywhere then.” He set down the fruit at his side and lifted a juice-stained hand to touch her lower lip, stroking his thumb over it. “I want to believe your words, but they fall from lips too beautiful for a beast like me.”
― Susan Trombley, Minotaur's Curse

“Our climax is not the sole purpose of our mating with Alice, Kisk. Your presence, even after you’ve found your own release, is what makes her feel loved and cherished”
― Susan Trombley, Chimera's Gift

“The human female definitely poisoned me. I’m certain of it as I lay on my back on my rug next to the plate, empty save for a little card beneath clear plastic in the center of it. The calling card of an assassin. Bold, but then again, so was she to approach me so openly with her death cakes. My stomach hurts so much that I fear it will burst open and spill out my entrails.”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“I was born into power. Wisdom took time. You cannot help but recognize your failings when your ego leads you into trouble that more experience would have spared you.”
― Susan Trombley, Veraza's Choice

“Cower in submission, you weakling, I think. Aloud, I say, “Progress is good.”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“Okihans aren’t like the Iriduans either. We can live without our leash even once we’ve recognized her, but that doesn’t mean our hearts won’t ache for her for the rest of our lives. We’re never able to truly move on, even if we take another mate.”
― Susan Trombley, My Foxy Mate

“trade worked out with a”
― Susan Trombley, Chimera's Gift

“Humans do not always follow their own rules. If you successfully claim your concubine, you will spend a lot of your time confused and wondering what you did to make her angry or hurt.”
― Susan Trombley, Jessabelle's Beast

“antivenin”
― Susan Trombley, The Kraken's Mate

“Thank you for the datapad.” “You used it, then? No concerns over the previous owner? No outrage at his fate?” It was his turn to cross his arms over his chest.”
― Susan Trombley, Lilith's Fall

“Evil Ilyan believed in love, while “Good” Ilyan thought everything he felt was a result of a genetic imperative.”
― Susan Trombley, The Clone's Mate

“When Balfor replied that he was the anti-body that would destroy the doctor if he didn’t shut up and make Stacia well again, the doctor had simply shooed him away impatiently like a healer absorbed with his patient, completely ignoring Balfor’s very real threat.”
― Susan Trombley, Balfor's Salvation

“His gaze trails from my face down to my chest, then to my hands, my fingers fidgeting on the tabletop. “But the chains should be on you,” he purrs. “And they will be again when I have you at my mercy.” Can I get a mop in visiting room three?”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“Wisdom sometimes comes at a high price, Ronnie. Regrets, on the other hand, are free and still aren’t worth it.”
― Susan Trombley, The Clone's Mate

“There is no path forward that doesn’t involve sacrifice. Suffering and death are the price of life.”
― Susan Trombley, The Fractured Mate

“You’re right. Tirel needs me, and if I have to march through an army of goddamned zombies to get to him, then I’ll do it with fucking bells on.” “That’s right, girl! And you have me to help you.” “You humans are insane,” Hunter added helpfully.”
― Susan Trombley, The Warrior's Mate

“Then you don’t wish to know the actual length of our shafts for comparison?” He looked like he wasn’t sure whether he should be relieved or disappointed”
― Susan Trombley, The Serpent's Mate

“It’s a pity she’s insane. At least, I must assume she is based on her mad rambling.”
― Susan Trombley, My Primal Mate

“She was too good for me. Everyone knew it but her. And me. There was a time when I was foolish enough to believe I deserved her.”
― Susan Trombley, Veraza's Choice

“Love was so much more than body chemistry. It transcended the physical, the mundane, the tangible. It could not be calculated using mathematics, or studied using the scientific method. It didn’t follow logic, binary or otherwise, and once it claimed a person, nothing else mattered.”
― Susan Trombley, The Fractured Mate

“I’m not very good at this,” she said, interrupting his tentative plan to abduct her.”
― Susan Trombley, Jessabelle's Beast