{"author":"Rachael Wade","author_id":"Rachael+Wade","total_quotes":45,"quotes":[{"text":"She smiled thoughtfully. “I think Jackson was like a lost puppy. He needed purpose, someone to believe in him and love him despite his bullshit. But he didn’t have that, so he just went around humping everyone’s leg and peeing everywhere. Then you came along and he thought he found that owner that would give him that purpose—something that would make him feel needed—but you chose the fancy pet store puppy instead, so he went back to peeing on everything and destroying all the furniture.”“Um, Whit...Is there a point to this?”“We all need someone to believe in us. It helps us see our full potential. You were that someone to believe in him. I think he’ll be a new man because of it.” “So you’re saying I rescued a lost puppy, and now he’ll become a topnotch show dog because I’m just so amazing?”“Exactly.”“You have such an eloquent way with words.”“No shit, right?”“Precisely.”-Emma and Whitney.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["belief","encouragement","love","support"],"id":3998,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"I did not have all the answers. I did not know if I’d deserved God’s grace or wrath, or what would become of me if I ever fled this town.But I did know how to shoot a gun. - Skylla Warden.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["grace","purpose","worth","wrath"],"id":5283,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"I smiled and rolled onto my side, bringing my arms around her. She wiggled against me, letting me spoon her, and I swept some sweaty hair away from her neck to kiss beneath her ear. “How do you like your new tattoo?”“I love it. It makes me want to be a bird.”“You already are a bird.”“I don’t get to fly.”“You fly all the time. Haven’t you noticed?","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["freedom","love","new-adult","romance"],"id":15125,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"Gavin! What’ll I wear home?”“Cloak.” His voice roughened and he ripped harder, tossing the material to the ground. I felt his smile when he kissed my neck, and shivers ran down my back at the sound of his low growl.“I made that! I don’t have many of those, you know.”“Cam,” he snaked one hand around my stomach and made his way north, slipping one hand into my corset top to grope my chest. “You won’t be thinking about it when I’m inside you.” His hips shifted off my back and he separated my legs with his knee, his breathing ragged against my shoulder. “Now forget the damn dress.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["fantasy","paranormal-romance","romance","the-gates","vampires","witches"],"id":30645,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"Is there a problem, Ms. Parker? Something you want to say to me?' Reaching for his tie, he began to loosen it, unraveling it with his fingers, angry eyes still locked on mine.'I'm not sure I like being your pet. Or science project, I don't know which.'You have a smart mouth.'You make smart observances.'You're going to make this invitation difficult, aren't you?'If you're dishonest with me, yes.'You'll regret it if you don't accept.'Is that a threat?'That's a promise.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["contemporary-romance","drama","love","love-hate-relationship","preservation","rachael-wade","romance","teacher-student-love"],"id":61458,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"The moonlight rained down on the beach as if to shine a spotlight on my solitude, and I wanted to cry out at it, ‘Why did you take her? You, surrounded by all of your twinkling stars and infinite wonders and darkness. There’s already enough beauty where you are.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["acceptance","closure","death","denial","grief","loss"],"id":69761,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"I knew it would be all of those things and so much more to me, but it was his heart I was yanking from his chest with my decision, and that’s what mattered to me. I was giving up a piece of my own as well, but it was a choice. His was just collateral.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["heartbreak","loss","love","resistance-trilogy"],"id":102957,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"Because that’s life, you know? Good and bad. You can’t have one without the other. The bad brings out the good in us, and the good can be corrupted by the bad. It’s always a struggle—to fight for the good, so it tips the scale. - Jet Phoenix.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["ambiguity","balance","evil","good","morality"],"id":118313,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"Hey Kate, you coming to our show Friday night?' He leaned in close and touched my shoulder. 'The guys would love to see you there.'Yes. Yes, the guys would indeed.' Carter rolled his eyes and smirked. I held back my grin, well aware that he was laughing inwardly at the same thing I was. When Dean spoke of 'the guys,' he mostly meant himself. With a body like a Ken doll and hair like Meredith's McDreamy, I couldn't figure out for the life of me what he wanted with me.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["contemporary-romance","drama","love","preservation","rachael-wade","realistic-fiction","romance"],"id":126123,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"},{"text":"I saw it in his eyes, first—the beginning of the end, the beginning of things to come. The blackest night, they cut into me, paralyzing my trembling body. Not even the gods could sense my fear now, for the celebration of the monsters who’d claimed me drowned out all perception of pain. It was all-powerful, all-knowing, the definition of infinite, an overwhelming possession that consumed every inch of my being.","author":"Rachael Wade","tags":["fantasy","paranormal-romance","romance","the-gates"],"id":126596,"author_id":"Rachael+Wade"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}