Alicia Michaels > Quotes

“That did it. I had developed a stupid, girlish, wildly inappropriate crush on Tate Baldwin.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“There is so much about the world we don’t understand, my mother often said. Who are we to tell others what is true, or what they ought to believe?”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“If you ever let some girl paw you like that again, I’ll rip her arm off and beat you with it.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“it’s because I’ve been cursed by two ghosts!”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“Humans are, at first glance, a weak species, easy to manipulate, control, and trick. Yet there is an inherent instinct for survival and the tendency to band together as one when necessary. It is in the darkest of times that men truly come into their strength and as a people, become far greater than they once were. I see these things in you, Princess. Honor, bravery, mettle … these are all qualities fitting a royal daughter of Damu.” “You”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“He’d dropped so many hints, but I was tired of guessing. I needed to know. Closing the distance between us, I brushed my lips against his. The contact only lasted for a second before Tate jerked away, sucking in a sharp breath. His eyes went wide, and then his eyebrows furrowed as if he wasn’t quite sure what had just happened.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“A reader lives a thousand lives. You’re always off somewhere, Bellamy, exploring other worlds. You have many lives.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“troglodytes”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“and”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“Haven’t you ever read a fairytale, Titus?” she asked with a giggle. “Don’t you know how they always end?” Titus caught Jake Grimm’s eye as he walked past, a double-barreled rifle over his shoulder. He winked at Titus. “And they lived happily ever after,” the Grimm brother said with a smile, disappearing back into the crowd.”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“Some people should just be happy with the way they are. Maybe if they were, they’d realize that other people liked them that way, too.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“Illness and disability make people uncomfortable. They don’t want to look straight at it, because it reminds them of how fragile they are, too.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“...that wobbly-kneed, tongue-tied feeling is magical. That initial spark is a powerful thing, but over time it fades, and all that’s left is a foundation. It’s up to the people involved to make the foundation a sturdy one.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“I’m not interested in taking another ride on the bipolar roller coaster, Tate, so you can save your apology. I don’t want to hear it.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“What happened? Oh my God, are they okay? I mean, are you okay?” I rolled my eyes and held up her precious shoes, which were clutched safely in my hand. “The Louboutins made it out unscathed,” I said, shoving them at her. “As for me, I took a little dunk in Lake Travis.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“real love wasn’t that first punch in the gut when you think you just have to have somebody. It was companionship and laughter. It was bringing someone chicken soup when they were sick, and comforting them when they were hurt. It was whipped cream fights and singing to the radio. It was holding hands and dancing under the stars. It had been in front of me all this time, and I hadn’t even seen it. Maybe, because I’d made it complicated, when at the end of the day it was all so simple.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“this”
― Alicia Michaels, Rise of the Tide

“Intensity came and went, but friendship was always there. That kind of love is deeper than anything you could imagine.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“story,” Jocylene”
― Alicia Michaels, Child of the Sacred Earth

“Injustice is as blind as justice, and no one is safe. And if injustice can pick and choose who it targets, then I am free to choose which side I stand on.”
― Alicia Michaels, The Bionics

“What can I say, Texas chicks are tough.”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“Sometimes people don’t notice the things right in front of them.”
― Alicia Michaels, V-Card

“Titus shook his head and pulled his lips into a tight frown. “I know you don’t know much about Werewolves, but there is one thing you should be aware of, especially if you intend to stay here even for a short time. Werewolves are pack-oriented. We find a sense of belonging by being surrounded by those who we consider our extended family. But when it comes to love, it’s not really that simple. Werewolves can have only one mate, and it can’t just be anybody. I can’t just choose a woman and ask her to marry me. The pull of a Werewolf male to his mate is a powerful one, and when he finds her he just … knows. He feels it in his gut and it’s like being kicked in the stomach.” Selena”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“io”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“He reminds me a lot of myself, a mishmash of different things: black, white, girl, robot. We’re both a conundrum.”
― Alicia Michaels, The Bionics

“In my land, a wolf gives a baby tooth to his future mate as a token. The first time I laid eyes on you, I knew that you were the only one I’d ever give it to.”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“And what will you do? Turn tail and run like a bitch? Are you not the Alpha male leader of the Beldane pack? Where is your outrage? Where is your anger?” Rage”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“But Titus hadn’t been expecting her to be so beautiful, and not just in a physical way.”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn

“It was as if someone had gone over the world with a paintbrush and replaced all of the usual colors with explosively bright hues. Beneath”
― Alicia Michaels, Daughter of the Red Dawn