Quotes by Colleen Houck

The fuse is lit. You can run all you want to but you leave a trail of gunpowder in your wake. There’s going to be a reckoning eventually.

Long dormant feelings poured through my dried-up limbs and wound through me, slowly filling the emptiness. Like an irrigated field, I felt myself blossom and grow with new vigor. He was the sun, and the tenderness he showed me was life-giving water.

A handsome prince, such as yourself, deserves someone who is no less than one hundred percent dedicated to him.

He seized me as boldly as a tiger captures his prey. There was no escape. And I didnt want to. I would have happily died in his clutches. I was his, and he made sure I knew it. My heart burst with a thousand beautiful blooms, all tiger lilies. And I knew with a certainty more powerful than anything Id ever felt before that we belonged together.He finally lifted his head and murmured against my lips, Its about bloody time, woman.

Don’t make a feller wait too long. A feller waiting on a gal can get ornery’er than a huntin’ dog that’s tree’d it’s squirrel.

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

Ren took off his jacket, which slicited a squeak from Jennifer who was now totally focused on Rens golden-bronze biceps. His perfectly fitted muscle shirt showed off his extremely well-developed arms and chest. I hissed at him quietly, For heavens sake, Ren! Youre going to give the women heart palpitations!

I dont like sleeping in the dark jungle by myself.Ren

Wow Kelsey! Kishan whistled. Im going to have to beat the other guys of with a stick!

I know there are powers I cant discern and things that bend and shape us that we cannot see.

Any creature, even one as unassuming as a fish, can become something mighty. When they courageously endure their trials, they meet their destiny.

We throw away what we could have been and waste our opportunities. We each have a purpose, a destiny, and to realize it, we must reach beyond what we think we are capable of.

A mind with questions is a mind open to understanding.

Why does everything so bad for you always taste so dreamy?

Just so you know, I hate camping. Im not so much appreciating the fact that theres no bathroom out here. Nature calls while walking in nature is on my list of least favorite things. You tigers, and men in general, have it so much easier than us girls.

These are delicious! What are they?Double chocolate chip with peanut butter filling.Theyre the second best thing Ive ever tasted.I laughed. You said the same thing at dinner.I recently readjusted the ranking.

Saying his name stabbed my heart, like someone had ripped through my carefully stitched up world and exposed the infected, pulsing red tissue that I thought was healing.

Id waited so long for his kiss, and it was so much more, so much better than I had dared imagine. Golden sunshine burst behind my closed eyelids as I became a being entwined with the sun.His hands pulled me against his body and I melted into him, my limbs tingling and warm. Amons mouth moved over mine, slowly, like he could make the kiss last forever.

A young man who doesnt have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her, doesnt deserve her.