“Maybe books are a strange form of human sorcery. For how else can a story feel so satisfying and agonizing at the same time?”
―
Tessonja Odette,
Curse of the Wolf King
“Yes, it’s worth it. The good and the bad. It’s the story as a whole that matters.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“You make me feel the way books do.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“You see, I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now. And the man who loves me will not ask me to hide, ignore, or keep any part of me or my past under lock and key. He will love me just as I am.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made. And in these books, I can give myself the ending that was stolen from me. The ending I no longer believe exists in real life.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“There’s no room for me, not when society has already decided who and what I should be. A daughter. A woman. A wife-in-training. Quiet. Demure. Chaste.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Those memories are like a cloud in the sky shaped like something so uncannily familiar, until it begins to shift and transform into nothing more than a white blur. Like it never was what you first saw it to be.” ― Tessonja Odette, Twisting Minds
“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Every young woman dreams of marrying a royal. A king, a prince, it doesn’t matter, so long as he’s richer than sin and handsome enough to fake a smile at. What else could a girl ask for? Well, a working brain, for starters. And I do suggest all young women have one of those.” ― Tessonja Odette, To Carve a Fae Heart
“Looking isn’t necessarily lost. I’m simply on my way somewhere that I have yet to find.” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“Ember, I’m tired of pretending. I never want to spend a moment faking anything with you ever again, not even for the sake of public opinion. I want it to be real. I want to show everyone this is real” ― Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince
“To forgetting what I’m missing and enjoying what I have while it lasts.” ― Tessonja Odette, To Wear a Fae Crown
“I don’t need to glamour you to make you do what I want. If I wanted, I could make you fear me. Crave me. Love me.” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“I would choose him a thousand times, even amongst the impossibly stunning attractiveness most fae males tend to possess. Torben is a beauty beyond all others. Rugged. Sharp. Dangerous. Honed to be lethal yet secretly soft” ― Tessonja Odette, A Taste of Poison: A Snow White Retelling
“I was supposed to claim your heart. Yet, in the end, you were the one who took my heart” ― Tessonja Odette, A Taste of Poison: A Snow White Retelling
“Looking isn’t necessarily lost. I’m” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“You’re more than a princess to me. You’re my Maisie. My selkie. My temptress. You’ve tempted my heart from my chest, set it beating again, made me think it was worthy of beating again.” ― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie
“Then we’ll learn to treat our kisses with respect. We’ll learn to only come together in kindness.”“It’s still dangerous. I’m dangerous. I’ll always be deadly.”A corner of his mouth lifts. “I already told you. I like a little danger.”The heat in his voice has my stomach doing a flip. My heart pounds, warm with relief. Exhilaration. Love.” ― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie
“Yes, it’s worth it. The good and the bad. It’s the story as a whole that matters.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“You make me feel the way books do.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“You see, I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now. And the man who loves me will not ask me to hide, ignore, or keep any part of me or my past under lock and key. He will love me just as I am.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made. And in these books, I can give myself the ending that was stolen from me. The ending I no longer believe exists in real life.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“There’s no room for me, not when society has already decided who and what I should be. A daughter. A woman. A wife-in-training. Quiet. Demure. Chaste.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“I want love from someone who knows me inside and out. Not someone who sees my past as a string of follies, but as building blocks that have made me who I am now.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Those memories are like a cloud in the sky shaped like something so uncannily familiar, until it begins to shift and transform into nothing more than a white blur. Like it never was what you first saw it to be.” ― Tessonja Odette, Twisting Minds
“Perhaps that’s why I choose to disappear into books. It’s a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I’ve been through. Where I’m not judged for the things I’ve done or the messes I’ve made.” ― Tessonja Odette, Curse of the Wolf King
“Every young woman dreams of marrying a royal. A king, a prince, it doesn’t matter, so long as he’s richer than sin and handsome enough to fake a smile at. What else could a girl ask for? Well, a working brain, for starters. And I do suggest all young women have one of those.” ― Tessonja Odette, To Carve a Fae Heart
“Looking isn’t necessarily lost. I’m simply on my way somewhere that I have yet to find.” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“Ember, I’m tired of pretending. I never want to spend a moment faking anything with you ever again, not even for the sake of public opinion. I want it to be real. I want to show everyone this is real” ― Tessonja Odette, Heart of the Raven Prince
“To forgetting what I’m missing and enjoying what I have while it lasts.” ― Tessonja Odette, To Wear a Fae Crown
“I don’t need to glamour you to make you do what I want. If I wanted, I could make you fear me. Crave me. Love me.” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“I would choose him a thousand times, even amongst the impossibly stunning attractiveness most fae males tend to possess. Torben is a beauty beyond all others. Rugged. Sharp. Dangerous. Honed to be lethal yet secretly soft” ― Tessonja Odette, A Taste of Poison: A Snow White Retelling
“I was supposed to claim your heart. Yet, in the end, you were the one who took my heart” ― Tessonja Odette, A Taste of Poison: A Snow White Retelling
“Looking isn’t necessarily lost. I’m” ― Tessonja Odette, The Fair Isle Trilogy: Complete Series Collection
“You’re more than a princess to me. You’re my Maisie. My selkie. My temptress. You’ve tempted my heart from my chest, set it beating again, made me think it was worthy of beating again.” ― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie
“Then we’ll learn to treat our kisses with respect. We’ll learn to only come together in kindness.”“It’s still dangerous. I’m dangerous. I’ll always be deadly.”A corner of his mouth lifts. “I already told you. I like a little danger.”The heat in his voice has my stomach doing a flip. My heart pounds, warm with relief. Exhilaration. Love.” ― Tessonja Odette, Kiss of the Selkie
