Racquel James

“I don’t want to love him—this would be so much simpler if I didn’t. But I do.
He’s funny, and passionate, and strong, and he believes in me more than I even believe in myself. When he looks at me, I feel like I could take on the whole world and come out standing tall. I like myself better when I’m with him, because of how he sees me. He makes me feel beautiful and powerful, like I’m the most important thing in the world, and I don’t know how to walk away from that. I don’t know how to walk away from him.”
― Rachel Vincent, Alpha

“I gotta tell you, Davidson, I’m impressed,” he said, his eyes glued to the screen. “That took balls.”
“Please,” I said with a snort, “that took ovaries. Of which I have two.”

Excerpt From: Jones, Darynda. “First Grave on the Right.” iBooks.”
― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right

“So instead of ignoring the pain, I called out to it, reaching for more. Pain is part of who I am. It’s the defining characteristic of a Shifter’s transformation. Pain is what I suffer from my enemies. It is what I deal out to those who break our laws. It is what I protect my charges from. Pain is what I inherited from fate, that fickle bitch who gave me a mouth and fists, then put me in a world that wanted only my womb and my cradled arms.”
― Rachel Vincent, Alpha

“Death isn't a tragedy to God, only to those left behind.”
― Patricia Briggs, Night Broken