Quotes from Wicked Nights

“You know, you’re pretty when you smile,” she said, patting the side of his cheek.
“Fierce, woman. I am fierce.”
“If you say so.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Look, Winged Wonder. Get me out of here, then we'll hammer out the details about where I'm staying. Okay?"

"Winged Wonder," he said, nodding. "I find that I do not mind that one. It fits."

"Captain Modesty fits better," she muttered.

"I disagree. Winged Wonder is clearly the better choice for a man such as me."

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“I'm not sure why we want each other," she grumbled.
"Nor am I, but the fact remains that we do want each other."
"Maybe I'm just shallow. You're quite pretty."
"For now, that will do."
Infuriating man. Couldn't take an insult the way she intended.

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?"

"I could say the same of you."

"I don't--Argh." She raised a fist at him. "So maybe I do ask a lot of questions. So what. Anyone in my position would do the same. Besides, I'm a girl and that's my job. You're a boy. You're supposed to pound your chest with your fists and grunt, then do everything in your power to please me."

"Hardly. The man you just described is more likely to knock you over the head with a club and drag you away by the hair."

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Being with a man incapable of telling a lie – a whole lot of awesome. Being with a man who could taste when you lied – sucked the big one.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“You are treating that thing as if it is a great treasure," he said.

Well, yeah. Because it was. "You have something against cookies?"

"I couldn't say, as I have never had one."

Wait. What? "Never, as in never?"

"Is there another meaning for the word never that I don't know about?"

Ha, ha. "But that's criminal!"

"Hardly."

"But...why haven't you tasted one?"

"Because I choose to consume only foods that will strengthen me."

"I'm not sure you realize how ridiculous you sound."

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Her hand fluttered over her heart. "Did you just say the word shopping without flinching?"

"I did. So?"

"So, that's gotta be a record. It's a worldwide fact men hate shopping."

"How can I hate it when I've never done it?"

Her lips curled into a slow, beautiful smile. "If you weren't already an angel, I'd dub you a saint. Poor guy. You have no idea what you're in for.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Suddenly self-conscious, she shifted from one booted foot to the other. "I asked the cloud for battle-ready clothing, and this is what I got. There are slits all over the pants, for easy access to the weapons, I'm guessing. But the bustier has me stumped. Unless, of course, the cloud thinks my cleavage will stun my opponents into stupidity."

-Annabelle”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. "Maybe you are real," she said. "It would require a dark side I don't have to create someone like you."

"You forgot to say 'no offense' before making that statement."

"No, I didn't. I meant offense."

Bold little human, wasn't she?

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“You are mine,” he rasped. “Only ever mine. I accept all that you are, and we can be together.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Can I stay with the other angel, then? The blond."

Thane? "Why?" he demanded.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I like him better than I like you."

There was a right way to take that statement? Honesty was to be commended, and yet Zacharel suddenly battled an inexplicable need to shake her. "You cannot know who you like better. You only spent a few seconds in his company."

"Sometimes a few seconds is all it takes."

-Annabelle and Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Shush me again, I dare you." - Annabelle”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“„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, quote from Wicked Nights

“A little tip for you, Winged Wonder. Don't threaten the woman you want to seduce." See Annabelle take control.

He reached out, gently brushed his fingertip along her collarbone. "If it means saving your life, I'll do more than threaten you. I'll follow through. Best you realize that now, rather than cry foul later.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your wit, your emotions and the way they change. Your courage, your sweetness, your near obsessive delight in cookies. Second, you are indeed a prize. You've made me want what no one else ever had. A communion of bodies."

-Zacharel to Annabelle”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“I'm not crazy and we're not alone. I told them, but the only two people who ever believed me were the schizophrenic abducted by aliens and his invisible friend. I told them!”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“„We gave your way a try,” he said to Annabelle. „Now it's time for my way.” He flattened his palm on Brax's chest and pushed. Just a little push, but the man flew backward and slammed into the foyer wall. […]
In a blink, Zacharel had a hand wrapped around Brax's throat and his body pinned against the wall, his legs dangling. […]
A soft hand on his shoulder, a beseeching voice in his ear. „Zacharel. Let him down, please. Despite everything, I love him the way you love Hadrenial. I don't want to see him hurt.”
Golden eyes widened, bulged, really, as Zacharel increaed the pressure. „Just a little longer. He disrespected you.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Kill me then. A true death. Please. You can't leave me like this."
"Like This" had been broken, bloody and violated in unspeakable ways. "Anything but that. You'll recover. One day you will even be happy again."
"I don't want to recover. I want to cease to exist, now and forever. That's the only way to end my torment.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Words are so easily spoken, as you’ve proven", the Deity had continued, "but so rarely are they backed up with action”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“But you will trust me again, Annabelle. You will want me again, and we will be together. I will behave. You'll see. - Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Faith is measurable. It builds as you think about and meditate on a spiritual truth. There are natural laws, like gravity, and there are spiritual laws, like this one. You can have what you say if you believe that you have it before you actually see that”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“To a man who has spent centuries seeing to only his own needs, you are indeed high maintenance, but I'm finding I do not mind maintaining you. -Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“People lie because they wish to impress those around them. I seek to impress no one. You would be wise to remember that.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Puede que a ti no te importe morir, pero a mí sí (...) No voy a hacer eso por ti. Nunca. No me lo pidas a mí.-Zacharel a Annabelle”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“No estoy segura de que te des cuenta cuán ridículo suenas. Pero por fortuna para ti, Annabelle Miller está aquí y en el caso, y no va a dejar que pases ni un minuto más sin conocer la perfección que es el éxtasis de chocolate.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“La fe es medible. Se basa en lo que piensas y consideras sobre una verdad espiritual. (...) Hay leyes naturales, como la gravedad, y hay leyes espirituales, como ésta. Puedes tener lo que dices si crees que lo tienes antes de que tú en realidad veas que lo tienes. Eso es fe.-Zacharel”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“Eres mía —gruñó—. Únicamente mía. Acepto todo lo que eres, y podemos estar juntos....
(...)
—Te haré muy feliz por lo que has dicho, Maravilla Alada-Zacharel & Annabelle”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

“because they had been an emotional, volatile couple, and had fought as passionately as they’d loved.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights

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