Sassy Quotes

“I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“The walls weren't moving, and the room was open - gaping. No colors, but shades of darkness, of night . Only those star-flecked violet eyes were bright, full of color and light. He gave me a lazy smile before he leaned forward.
I pulled away, but his hands were like shackles. I could do nothing as his mouth met with my cheek, and he licked away a tear. His tongue was hot against my skin, so startling that I couldn't move as he licked away another path of salt water, and then another. My body went taut and loose all at once and I burned, even as chills shuddered along my limbs. It was only when his tongue danced along the damp edges of my lashes that I jerked back.
He chuckled as I scrambled for the corner of the cell. I wiped my face as I glared at him.
He smirked, sitting down against a wall. "I figured that would get you to stop crying."
"It was disgusting." I wiped my face again.
"Was it?" He quirked an eyebrow and pointed to his palm - to the place where my tattoo would be. "Beneath all your pride and stubbornness, I could have sworn I detected something that felt differently. Interesting."
"Get out."
"As usual, your gratitude is overwhelming.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. “Sometimes I really want to”—a frustrated sound—“bite you!”

He froze. “I might let you.”

“I won’t do it if you’d enjoy it.”
― Nalini Singh, Kiss of Snow

“And Nate? You kiss like a slobbering dog, you have bad breath, and you wouldn't know how to punch the right buttons on a girl if we came with manuals. Happy Thanksgiving, Jackass.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, The Lonely Hearts Club

“The king picked up his goblet, swirling the wine inside. 'I didn't receive word that your legion was here.'

"They're not."

Chaol braced for the execution order, praying he wouldn't be the one to do it. The king said, "I told you to bring them, General."

"Here, I was thinking you wanted the plesure of my company.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“I only want one thing of men, and that is, that they should leave me alone.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“Is this the girl?” Kieran’s voice was very different: It sounded like waves sliding up the shore. Like warm water under pale light. It was seductive, with an edge of cold. He looked at Emma as if she were a new kind of flower, one he wasn’t sure he liked. “She’s pretty,” he said. “I didn’t think she’d be pretty. You didn’t mention it.”
Iarlath shrugged. “You’ve always been partial to blondes,” he said.
“Okay, seriously?” Emma snapped her fingers. “I am right here. And I was not aware I was being invited to a game of ‘Who’s the Hottest?'"
I wasn’t aware you were invited at all,” said Kieran. His speech had a casual edge, as if he was used to talking to humans.
“Rude,” said Emma.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight

“If you want me obedient, prince, kill me and carry my corpse.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“The obvious," Noah goes on, a little out of breath, "being that he is probably some super secret assassin or something. And I'm not as tough as I look."
"That's OK," I tell him. "I'm way tougher than you look.”
― Ally Carter, All Fall Down

“I waited here while you talked to Sorcha, who, by the way, is crazy. Now you are off to the mortal world where the crazier one is? ... I was there, Devlin. Bananach could've killed you, and really? We've been bound together for like five minutes and you're suddenly darting off into danger without me. I don't think so.”
― Melissa Marr, Radiant Shadows

“Oh, what a lovely owl!" Cried the Wart.

But when he went up to it and held out his hand, the owl grew half as tall again, stood up as stiff as a poker, closed its eyes so that there was only the smallest slit to peep through - as you are in the habit of doing when told to shut your eyes at hide-and-seek - and said in a doubtful voice

"There is no owl."

Then it shut its eyes entirely and looked the other way.

"It is only a boy," said Merlyn.

"There is no boy," said the owl hopefully, without turning round.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

“Puh-lease… Team leather and cocks isn’t always right.”
― Bink Cummings, The Diary of Bink Cummings: Vol 2

“Are we calling it a presence now?" asked Nikolai. "I preferred 'monster.' Or 'demon.' Even 'fiend' has a nice ring.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Go fuck yourself,' I said. I kept it pleasant.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“Mother, you have my father much offended.”
― William Shakespeare

“Alston snorted. "Be realistic, Peri. You don't have the power to challenge us. Not unless you possessed all of the Fae stones."
Peri pulled both hands from the pockets in her robes and held them out, fist clenched and palms upward, to the Fae arrayed before he. She slowly unclenched her fists, revealing the five Fae stones, two in her left hand, and three in her right. The Fae stones, which only appeared in times of greatest need, lay ominously in her outstretched hands.
"How do you like me now bee-otch?" She grinned, wickedly.”
― Quinn Loftis, Fate and Fury

“Well, we've managed to get ourselves locked into the most secure prison in the world. We're either geniuses or the dumbest sons of bitches to ever breathe air.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“He picks up the small, clear pill I’ve placed beside his coffee, and he holds it to the light, frowning. “You realize if you successfully poison me, you no longer get paid, yes?”

“There are things in this world more satisfying than money,” I reply.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“Slowly, her mouth spread into a grin. “I thought you said you could take a little trash talk. The vein in your forehead leaves me skeptical.”
― Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down

“But with Saumaise, I conceive, my warfare is concluded, since he is now dead - how dead, I will not say: for I will not make his loss of life matter of reproach to him, as he did my loss of sight to me.”
― John Milton, Second Defense of the People of England

“I want to say something sassy, but the language-formation part of my brain seems to be offline. Maybe the pleasure center of my brain annexed it, needing more space to put up dome-topped skyscrapers and rocket launch pads and other phallic things.”
― Annika Martin, The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl

“Fine. What’s her name?”

He stops in place, staring at me while he thinks, as if he expects the answer to appear on my forehead. “Lauren?” he suggests. “Or Eva?”

“Are you seriously telling me you don’t even know the name of the woman you inserted your penis in last night?”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“So, what will I be doing?” I ask as he pulls into the driveway. “I watched a doctor on ER perform a tracheotomy using only a ballpoint pen and a kitchen knife. I feel like I could pull it off”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, A Deal with the Devil

“My old caddie didn’t ask questions,” Wells pointed out.

Josephine squared her shoulders and took a step in his direction. “I wouldn’t have taken advice from your old caddie two inches from the hole. He was a banana brain”
― Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down

“What do you like to read?
Books.
What kind of Books?
The kind with words.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“What do you like to read?"
"Books."
"What kind of Books?"
"The kind with words.”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid

“… in defiance of intellect that had always placed her so far at the top of her classes, they had to keep inventing new ceilings for her.”
― India Holton, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

“All along the streets to the museum, Beth met no trouble. Her plain brown coat, accompanied by a small hat and gloves and air of cultivated intelligence, triggered fear in any man who glanced her way. One catcall and she might educate them.”
― India Holton, The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

“And suddenly, everything changes. The way her dark brown eyes gaze at me through her eyelashes, how her lips curl up in one irresistible smile and how the tone of her voice becomes sassy and, at the same time, does not allow any objection. With a twitch in my trousers, I accept that she is suddenly the most delicious dessert in the restaurant.”
― Helly Mayers, Find Me

“Why is it always the super fit who complain about needing to watch what they eat?” she says, rolling her eyes.
I feel a grin come on and wink at her. “You think I’m super fit?”
“That is not what I said, and I do not think you need me to inflate your ego any more!” She shoots me a fierce look.”
― Helly Mayers, Find Me