Zoe Blake > Quotes

“What your fairy tales never tell you is that often, moya lyubimaya, it is the villain who wins, because it is the villain who is willing to fight, no matter the cost, for what he wants.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Brutality

“Look at me, Elizabeth,” he commanded. His voice dark and deep. “Lizzie,” I corrected without thought, completely out of habit. My eyes widened. I couldn’t believe I had just corrected him. Instinctively I felt that was something people just didn’t do around this man. If he said the sky were purple with pink spots, I’m pretty sure everyone would agree wholeheartedly… and worse, actually believe it. He just seemed to exude that kind of authoritative power. The kind that could make you believe just about anything he said. He gave my hair a painful tug with both hands. “Elizabeth,” he stated emphatically, as if he were a god or a king commanding it be so. “I left a package in your dressing room. It’s a dress. I want you to wear it tonight.” Tonight was the cast party. It was taking place right after our final curtain call. I had no idea he was even attending. Wait, a dress? “The party is at The Brewery next door. I don’t think the cast party is that formal,” I offered, still trying to process why this man would buy me a dress. Realizing quickly that I might sound ungrateful, I stammered, “Not that I don’t appreciate it… I mean I’m sure it’s lovely and—” “Elizabeth.” The sharp command of his voice stopped my rambling. “Yes, sir?” “Wear the dress,” he ordered, not expecting a refusal and not getting one. “Yes, sir,” I whispered. Releasing my hair, he stroked the back of his knuckles down my cheek. “Good girl.” The moment I heard the Hall door close on his retreating back, I sank to my knees in the middle of the stage, feeling shaken and more than a little alarmed. What the hell had just happened?”
― Zoe Blake, Ward

“I blinked several times, still unable to trust my vision. The man didn't have a penis. He had a damn battering ram. And worse... I blinked again. Yuupp. He had a freaking reverse Prince Albert piercing.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Brutality

“God bless adorable little book nerds and the stupid boys who don’t know their worth.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Ilove you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. - William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Some men send flowers after a night of passionate sex. Yours sends a high-tech security system.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Fucking leaves you sweaty and sore, with marks on both your skin and soul. Fucking leaves a limp, satiated body unable to think clearly beyond the delicious euphoria that continues to rush over you in waves, long after your bodies are no longer connected. Fucking is an all-consuming lust that will not be denied. It’s feeling used and cherished all at the same time, and desperately craving the feeling again before the warmth of your partner’s touch has left your skin.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Depravity

“My romance books had been true. There was something exhilarating about being with a bad boy.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“She was like an angry butterfly trying to attack a lion with the flutter of her pretty wings.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Other guests were headed up to look down at the party from the balconies, not only outside, but no doubt above the ballroom as well. Grand mansions such as this always seemed to have several places where the owner could look down upon his guests. Any man who needed a balcony to look down on people wasn’t much of a man at all.”
― Zoe Blake, The More I Hate

“There can be no peace for us, only misery, and the greatest happiness. - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“I’ve been telling you for years that men dig that whole innocent schoolgirl vibe you’ve got going on but your nose is too buried in a book to notice. That’s why you’re a virgin at twenty-three.” She stuck her tongue out at me with her last statement.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Scars are scars. They are proof you survived a painful experience. Nothing more. Nothing less.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Intensity

“He rubbed his hand over his jaw. “We used to be friends.” “We did, so imagine my surprise when my friend openly went after my family’s legacy. If we were such good friends, you should have known better than to get in between me and what is mine.” “It’s not like the fucking whisky business even nets a worthwhile profit,” he said, proving he knew nothing about anything. This business was at the heart of everything my family had built. “It’s just fucking business.”
― Zoe Blake, The More I Hate

“Answer me. Why do you need money? Are you in trouble?” More trouble than I’m in now? Naked in this man’s bed?”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“When she auditioned for the play I specifically produced to ensnare her, she had no idea she was really auditioning for me. For her new lifetime role as my ward, my possession.”
― Zoe Blake, Ward

“There was a big difference between finally accepting you love someone you know could potentially shatter your heart into a million pieces and actually saying it out loud. Saying it out loud made it real. Saying it out loud would force me to accept the truth of it.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Depravity

“Shy librarian students like me didn’t attract the attention of rich, influential men like him.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“I knew I was changing and on the precipice of something great, even if
no one else knew.”
― Zoe Blake, Reluctantly His

“Suddenly this beast of a man was on his knees before me, yet there was nothing submissive about him.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“LUCIAN”
― Zoe Blake, The More I Hate

“You should be very scared right now, malen'kaya shalun'ya, because I’m going to hate fuck you into next week.”
― Zoe Blake, Vicious Oath

“May the angels lead you into paradise, may the martyrs come to welcome you and take you into the holy city, the new and eternal Jerusalem. Eternal rest grant unto him, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.”
― Zoe Blake, Scorn of the Betrothed

“The relief at not marrying Marksen Dubois was palpable, but”
― Zoe Blake, The More I Hate

“No. I want my seed to stay on your skin. This is the last time I’ll come without knowing the pleasure of you swallowing it or taking it deep in your cunt or ass.”
― Zoe Blake, Ward

“I don’t think you know what type of woman you are… but I do. There is much more to you, my sweet Emma, than meets the eye. I think many people have underestimated and overlooked you… I won’t be one of them.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“Are you trying to say that man’s boorish behavior was my fault?” “If you hadn’t been putting yourself on display, it might not have happened.” My mouth gaped open in outrage.”
― Zoe Blake, Vicious Oath

“I know what you’re thinking. If you eat the lobster, I’ll expect you to sleep with me.” “I… well…” I couldn’t form a witty retort. I was too stunned that he had read my mind. Brushing my hair back over my shoulder, he leaned in to whisper in my ear, “The answer is you’re damn right I will.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Cruelty

“It wasn’t rational and it sure as fuck wasn’t fair to her, but somehow, this woman had become my salvation. She had filled this empty void inside of me with her passion and energy, and I would be damned if I let her go now.”
― Zoe Blake, Sweet Depravity