Tess Oliver > Quotes

“Hell won't be so bad, you know. After all, I'll be there to keep you company.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“He looked down at my fingers wrapped around his coat then lifted his eyes to mine. 'My tiny huntress, do you know what you've done to me?”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“My mind argued with itself about whether to adhere to proper etiquette or whether to fling aside all modesty and throw my arms around him. My feet chose the latter before my mind had a chance to settle it. I flew off the stool and landed in his embrace. Freezing rain drenched his coat and shirt. His arms wrapped around me tighter, and there was nothing so right as being pressed against Nathaniel Strider.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“Nathaniel Strider could never love. He's obviously discovered early on that girls' hearts were vulnerable and all a lad needed was a penetrating gaze and a disarming smile and the world was at his feet.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“I don't know how it happened. Through the din of the crowd, I heard this tiny scream. As small and distant as it was, it was like thunder in my head.' He looked up at me. Some of the blood had drained from his face making the dark circles under his eyes more pronounced. 'I knew it was you. I don't know how or why, but I knew it was you.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“I fell back into my favorite chair and tucked my hands between my knees to stop them from shaking. I sucked in a deep breath, held it, and marveled at my own transformation into a ridiculous ninny.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“Blasted grave marker. There sure are a bloody lot of them. They've got some nerve burying all these dead people here.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“His arms held me like a vice, and I wondered if he would crush the life from me, and it occurred to me that I didn’t care as long as I died in his arms...”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“Don't ever do that again, my intoxicating, wicked genius.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“I will take you from him, Scotlyn," he said with quiet confidence.
"I think about you every fucking minute of the day, and I will not let you slip out of my life. I will take you from him.”
― Tess Oliver, Freefall

“He's rich. Rich boys are always handsome.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“A girl doesn't mind a little trouble in her life now and then.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“Thank you," he said in that deep tone that was always laced with sadness.

"For what?" I asked.

This time he reached up and pushed a strand of hair from my face. "For seeing me. Most people I meet look right through me. But when you look at me, I feel real, I feel like flesh, bone and blood.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“His gaze held mine so long it felt as if he would never release it. And something deep inside me did not want him to.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“It's like being tethered to an angel. Hell keeps calling me but I can't let go.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“A paper man. How romantic. And when I tire of him, I can just crumple him into a huge ball.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“His smile reappeared. It was not large or extraordinary, but it was one I would not soon forget.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“Do I still 'ave an eye?" I laughed. "Still there." He straightened with a sigh. "Too bad. I hear girls take a liking to a man with an eye patch." "Yes, when the eye was lost in some wildly romantic fashion like a sword fight or pistol duel. Not from smacking it on the eyepiece of a microscope. And you hardly need any more help with the ladies.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“When I'm near you, the air around you vibrates with life, Beck Ryker.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“Rinkeni, you could be standing on the other side of the earth, and I would hear you if you needed me.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“I remember watching you from the back seat with those same big hands gripping the steering wheel, and all I could think was someday I want those massive arms to hold me. I knew nothing bad could happen to me wrapped in those unbelievable arms.”
― Tess Oliver, Clutch

“It was disgusting and terrific all at the same time.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“Well, if she doesn't like pelicans she must be very disagreeable.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“He would be gone soon, and with all that had happened in Blackpool Cove, I could not afford to send a piece of my heart with him.”
― Tess Oliver, Blood Tide

“Having you around is like having a piece of the North star break off and drop to earth.”
― Tess Oliver, Rett

“I lowered my mouth to her ear. "That sound you make when I touch you, I want to hear it." My hand slid beneath her t-shirt, and my thumb trailed beneath her bra and across the bare skin of her breast.
A soft sigh fell from her lips.
My tongue traced her ear. "That's it.”
― Tess Oliver, Freefall

“If everything were explained by science and logic, what a dull world it would be.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“You're not the kind of girl a guy wants to be friends with, you're the kind of girl he wants to give his heart to.”
― Tess Oliver, A Little Less Girl

“Strider hovered over the scope and slammed his eye on it before jumping back with a hand over the squinting eye. "That bloody thing is dangerous.”
― Tess Oliver, Camille

“Since Dreygon likes to run this place like a medieval king, I would suggest a duel with pistols at dawn. But after the way you handled that gun yesterday, I wouldn't have a chance."
"I guess not."
"How are you with swords?" Jericho said.
I laughed. "Not sure. But for that girl, I think I'd fight with flaming chainsaws if that's what it took.”
― Tess Oliver, Rain Shadow