Jessica Thorne > Quotes

“She gasped as his mouth closed over her nipple”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“It was quiet and still, a very private tragedy, and even so the low winter sun shone brightly and the river flowed on.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Bookbinder's Daughter

“They who can read this know the language of the birds for it is written in their soul.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Bookbinder's Daughter

“Stifled and forgotten. That was how he had referred to those lost books he went and found. Worse than forgotten, unknown.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Bookbinder's Daughter

“They were never going to be friends, let alone anything more. He was standing in her way when it came to Wildwood Hall. And she was here to upend his life.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“He was almost flirting. And God help her, so was she.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“He’d found Theo here. In this clearing. In the stone circle.
And for a moment he’d been terrified he was going to find her lying there too.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“He cleared his throat, and tried to unfurl the fits into which his hands had clenched, letting go of the need, the desire, the burning thoughts of taking her to bed. This isn’t appropriate, he told himself. This isn’t real. You don’t even know her.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“The palace was built on and into the hill overlooking Rathlynn. While the towers and spires went up into the sky, the kings had also tunnelled down into the heart of the earth.”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“I won’t let them get near you. I won’t let anyone hurt you, Alex. I promise. I’ll protect you. Alex, I’m your guardian. I can help you. Shield you. Please. Don’t leave.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“He wanted to keep her safe, he realized. He wanted to make sure that no harm came to her. Not just as the guardian of this place, its protector. He wanted Alex safe. More than he ever had anyone other than Maeve.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“as she could remember. She deepened her breath and let her senses extend around her.”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“Don’t, whatever you do, get involved with that place. It will destroy you. Eventually it destroys everyone.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Bookbinder's Daughter

“girlie?”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“The things that mouth had done last night.”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“Alex was… nothing he had expected. She was beautiful, all that fire and intelligence, that fierce mind, those eyes… What was he thinking?”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“microcosm”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“In the name of the crown I arrest you”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“I want you, Alex. From the first moment I saw you.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“Her fingers itched at the thought. Reaching out. Touching him. Being touched…
Her breath hitched In her throat.
Oh God, she couldn’t be thinking like that.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“She’d have a voice Nick could listen to reading a dictionary. Or a fragrance that made him think… so many things he had no right to be thinking.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“He wanted her. Ached for her. But he had no idea how much of that was real and how much was… well, whatever the house did. He couldn’t stop thinking about her.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“She thought of Craine’s watchful eye, of the laughter ringing out through the mess hall, of blankets shared and boots handed down, borrowed clothes, the water of the baths, snatches of song and dirty jokes, and a hug when it was needed most.”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“He could not afford to mess this up. Or to be distracted by a pretty face. Not just pretty, he thought glumly. Beautiful.
He needed her to leave. He didn’t want to get himself entangled with anyone. Especially not her.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“God she wanted him. These was something so animal about it, so vital. She gazed up steadily into his eyes, illuminated in the fire, and all she could think was how much she wanted him. Her body ached with that need.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“Wish for something without thinking about it, her father had said, wish hard enough, and it may happen. And then you may wish it hadn’t at all.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Bookbinder's Daughter

“Syl was a looker with a talent for fucking”
― Jessica Thorne, Nightborn

“He hadn't expected that.
He hadn't expected that seeing her afraid of him would be... so awful.”
― Jessica Thorne, Wildewood

“making her groan into his mouth,”
― Jessica Thorne, Mageborn

“And there’s an artist I know, whose work is based on kintsugi, the Japanese ethos of making the broken whole again and embracing the damage to make something even more special.”
― Jessica Thorne, The Water Witch