Mallory Quotes

“He's twenty-nine. And what did you think he was going to look like?"
She shrugged.
"You know-old. Grizzled. Long white beard. Scruffy robes. Loveable, smart, a little absent minded."
I bit back a grin.
" I said 'sorcerer,' not 'Dumbledore.' So he's hot. It could be worse.”
― Chloe Neill, Some Girls Bite

“Catcher snorted. “If we’re not playing naked Twister, we’re wasting our waking hours.”
“Yep,” Mallory said as she tugged him down the sidewalk, “that’s the love of my life. He’s a romantic at heart.”
― Chloe Neill, Twice Bitten

“How did you know what's been killing me? Slowly, for years, driving me to hate people when I don't want to hate... Have you felt it, too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you--except the things that count? And your most important is nothing to them, nothing, not even a sound they can recognize. You mean, you want to hear? You want to know what I do and why I do it, you want to know what I think? It's not boring to you? It's important?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“You do that Helen", Mallory dared. "And tell him we said to f*ck off while youre at it".”
― Chloe Neill, Some Girls Bite

“He humphed and grabbed a carton of milk, then chugged directly from the cardboard spout. Mallory and I watched him, the same grimace on both our faces. Sure, I did the same thing with OJ, but he was a boy, and it was milk. That was just gross.”
― Chloe Neill, Friday Night Bites

“Additionally, Adam’s room had an absolutely massive bed with a plump feather tick that she knew they would put to good use.

“Shall we christen it now?” Adam whispered in her ear, his arms stealing around her from behind in spite of the footmen who were still busy bringing up their luggage. Skimming his lips over her cheek, he playfully caressed her nape in a way that never failed to drive her wild. “I could shoo them all out and lock the door. We wouldn’t even have to take off our clothes, I could just tumble you down and toss up your skirts. What do you say, wife, shall I tup you now, or would you rather wait until later?”
― Tracy Anne Warren, Wicked Delights of a Bridal Bed

“You’re so immature.” “Blue hair. That’s all I’m saying.” “Bite me, dead girl.” I showed fang and winked at her. “Don’t tempt me, witch.”
― Chloe Neill, Some Girls Bite

“But I'll admit that he's kind of offensively delicious"
"Like salt and vinegar potato chips"
"Exactly”
― Chloe Neill, Friday Night Bites

“Shit,” he said. “That was awkward as hell to witness.”
“True dat,” Keira murmured.
“Try being in my shoes,” Rider said, sighing. He pulled me into his side. “You okay?”
“Yeah.” I blinked. “Why...wouldn’t I be?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Problem with Forever

“Something weird moved through me, a feeling of familiarity, and as I stood in front of my locker, I found myself thinking of the one bright thing in a past full of shadows and darkness.
I thought about the boy who made my chest hurt, the one who’d promised forever.
It had been four years since I’d seen him or even heard him speak. Four years of trying to erase everything that had to do with that portion of my childhood, but I remembered him. I wondered about him.
How could I not? I always would.
He had been the sole reason I survived the house we’d grown up in.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Problem with Forever

“Good heavens, man, would you watch where you're carrying that thing! Sorry! I should think you are! I'd be sorry too, if I had to claim that monstrosity as my own! That sausage neck ... excuse you !”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“The necromancer’s eyebrows were very expressive, especially when the rest of the face was pretending blandness. It was a lovely face, oval and more angelic than Perceval’s own.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Dust

“Mallory’s face went briefly vague, as those of Exalts could do when they consulted their internal worlds.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Dust

“Death is my speciality, and you have my professional assurances that it’s not in any way permanent.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail

“I’ve got a head so full of dead people I suspect whoever I started off as should be counted as one of them.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail

“How much of you has to die before you stop being you and become somebody else?”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail

“The necromancer framed the dead woman’s eyes with soft fingertips, and leaned so close that Tristen felt as if he had interrupted a seduction.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail

“As he watched, the kiss was completed. Mallory pressed pink lips over the head woman’s mouth, and Tristen could see the working between the corpse’s teeth. Mallory’s eyes closed, fingers fanning through brown hair to hold the head steady.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail

“Everyone loved and lost, and perhaps it took a necromancer to appreciate how truly universal that experience could be.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Grail