Quote

Humans had a saying. Mess with the bull and get the horns. Well, Harpies had a saying, too. Mess with a Harpy and die.

Gena Showalter

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Gena Showalter
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Oklahoma
United States
Dies
Wells
Humans
Harpies
Well
Bull
Bulls
Horns
Mess
Saying

More quotes by Gena Showalter

Image
When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?” (…) A sigh of longing. “To be honest, I wanted to be ruler of the entire world. Or the ruler’s trophy wife.
Gena Showalter
Image
„You,” the female on the bed said, her timbre shaded with irrittion. „New guy. Angel Boy. Colonel Curls, or whatever you want to be called. I'm done asking, so now I'm commanding. Free me.
Gena Showalter
Image
Should I pull on a shirt? he asked with hint of amusement. I WILL NOT BLUSH. No. He'd be doing the world a favor if he never wore a shirt again, but I wasn't going to tell him that part. You're fine.
Gena Showalter
Image
I am so glad we met at an undisclosed location over the summer.
Gena Showalter
Image
I cannot kill him, she muttered to herself. I cannot kill him. I promised Bianka I'd stop at ten bodies a day, and I've already surpassed my quota for the fifth day in a row. I cannot kill him.
Gena Showalter
Image
People stared. Maybe because they were giants compared to everyone else, both in height and muscle mass. Maybe because of the telltale bulge of weapons at their waist. Or maybe because William opened a bag of Doritos and ate while he shopped. Hard to tell.
Gena Showalter
Image
If all we've got to look forward to is disloyalty and treachery, why do we even make friends? Again, human nature. Hoping for the best is what drives us.
Gena Showalter
Image
To you I belong.My heart beats only for you.No other will tempt me,from this day and beyond.To you I belong.
Gena Showalter
Image
Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a can of Mace in one hand and pepper spray in the other.” - Katie Jorlan's expression turned mocking. “Just in case you get any ideas, know that I’ll be sleeping with a feather in one hand and massage oil in the other.
Gena Showalter
Image
do you have to sit so close? she asked on a ragged breath. Yes. was his only reply. want to tell me why? no. (Darius replied) i don't like it. She insisted scooting from him for the second time. He moved closer want to tell me why? he parroted. No she parroted right back.
Gena Showalter
Image
Sometimes there are good reasons to do bad things.
Gena Showalter
Image
So, your saying choices and destiny shape the course of our lives? I think so, yes. It's just easier to blame fate for all of the mistakes.
Gena Showalter
Image
I haven't have fun for a long time, Kaia said with a pout. Me, either. Except with myself, but I don't suppose that counts. It does the way I do it.
Gena Showalter
Image
And please, don't take offense. It's not an insult if it's true. - Devyn
Gena Showalter
Image
Lean against the edge, sweetheart. I'm falling off.--Brent Greene
Gena Showalter
Image
Cole, who had kissed me. Cole, who had refused to discuss it afterwards. Okay, fine. I had refused. Cole, who was driving me flipping crazy.
Gena Showalter
Image
Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.
Gena Showalter
Image
Paris, the FedEx deliveryman of Pleasure and Fatality.
Gena Showalter
Image
I'll take the cemetery, Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. The club might collapse if I go.
Gena Showalter
Image
While Maddox now believed the demon did not want to hurt Ashlyn, he wasn't willing to take a chance. He would talk about flowers and moonbeams - he cringed - if it meant maintaining this delectable inner peace. Is there a way to break your death-curse? Ashlyn asked. So much for flowers and moon-beams.
Gena Showalter