Yikes Quotes

“She blushed crimson and then almost died of shame, because— God, she had forced a married man, a father, to kiss her. Now people thought that he was having an affair. His wife was probably crying into her pillow. His kids would grow up with horrible daddy issues and become serial killers.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“Either way, I think the point at which you have to explain Nuremburg to the head of the team leading your China entry is probably a red flag.”
― Sarah Wynn-Williams, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

“She soaked her feet in salt and stared up at the stars and wondered whether drowning would hurt.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, The Starlit Wood

“This was his first trip on the Ossifar Distana, his first real splash in life. Look what it got him. Mister Smiff liked anonymity. He kept a low profile, often traveling under assumed names, claiming to be anything from a banker to a (very) successful life insurance salesman. He’d never broken the law, at least not irreparably. He was quite generous, well liked, sponsoring many charities anonymously – which is why it was so surprising to find him floating face down in the private spa in his apartment, murdered. He had been murdered, unless it was a freak shaving accident. Those old razors weren’t called cut-throats for nothing. Yikes.”
― Christina Engela, Dead Man's Hammer

“Boys never seemed stupider than when they were surprised by the bad behavior of other men.”
― Rebecca Scherm, Unbecoming

“You see, Princess Lily harbored a dark secret. The books she read were pirated”
― Parker S. Huntington, Devious Lies

“I will declare you no longer my daughter before the entire school. Love Mum”
― Marie Mistry, A Demon's Horns

“Signa was sent to live with her mother’s brother—a young and healthy banker with a fine estate and fruitful love life.

Her uncle’s love life proved to be too fruitful in the end, however—at the age of thirty, he died from a disease he’d contracted from one of his many partners.”
― Adalyn Grace, Belladonna

“Carter?” This time it was Sato. He swore darkly. “Again? Seriously, this fucking girl.”
― Jane Washington, Plier

“Her mate had a girlfriend. Or at least he was sexually active. Or … just really into people swinging from the ceiling? She didn’t understand what the weird text was about. Maybe it was a settlement thing. Maybe the ceiling-swinging was a settlement thing too.”
― Jane Washington, Tourner

“She looked for all the world like a giant carp in a men's club. And a dull, bored carp at that, not even a sentient Carp.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West