Bantering Quotes

“That's my girl," he murmured.

"I'm not your girl."

"Well," he said not bothering to hide his smile from her sightless eyes, "the good news is that the honey gave you back your sparkling personality."

"And the bad news?"

"The honey gave you back your sparkling personality.”
― Larissa Ione, Reaver

“Goody Two-shoes Evie Greene got herself pickled, for true. If I'd known you were such a juvenile delinquent, I might've asked for a new history podna."

"Juvenile delinquent? Hmm. Aren't your initials J.D.? If the shoe fits...”
― Kresley Cole, Poison Princess

“Michael looked embarrassed. “No, I don’t really… I mean in real life, I don’t do that. I read BDSM once in a while, but honestly, I prefer the sweeter romances.”
“Sure. I believe you. Bondage Ben.”
“Stop it.” Michael laughed.
“Cracky McCracken.” James flicked an invisible whip.
“I am not! I’m more like Nick Normal.”
“Nipple Clamp Ned.”
“Vince Vanilla.”
James gave him a dubious look and snorted. “I doubt that very much.”
Michael shrugged with an evil little smile. “Well, maybe not entirely vanilla.”
― Eli Easton, The Mating of Michael

“Michael scrambled around again and kissed James’s lips and cheeks in brief, silly pecks.
“Breakfast?”
“You offering or ordering?” James grumbled.
“I’m offering to cook if you’re offering up the groceries. Do you have eggs?”
“No, I have sperm. What the hell do they teach you in school these days?”
Michael giggled. “Chicken eggs, wise ass. In your refrigerator.”
― Eli Easton, The Mating of Michael

“The jury’s still out on your level of intellect. After all, you signed up with Evil Incorporated in the first place.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Scrying for Summer

“Took long enough,” she called out, not wanting to admit how the sight of him made her throat hitch, how the man was so gorgeous she lost her mind. “I thought you drowned in the mirror from staring into your reflection too long.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Forged Alliances

“That's what you think of me, is it, girl?" said his lordship, a glint in his eyes.

"Oh, no!" she responded, dropping him a curtsy. "It's what I say, sir! You must know that my featherheaded Mama has taught me to behave with all the propriety in the world! To tell you what I think of you would be to sink myself quite below reproach!”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unknown Ajax

“Chirrut shrugged mildly. “The Force did protect me.” “I protected you,” his partner replied.”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

“If you thought to leave me now, I might tie you to the bed again.
Filthy pirate.
Aye, but you love me anyway.”
― Megan Van Dyke, Second Star to the Left

“So, you play Batman at night, and fix-it man during the day?" His nose wrinkled in a way that was entirely too adorable for his tough guy demeanor. She didn't say a word about it though, knowing he'd never do it again if she pointed it out.

"Batman? Batman's a pathetic jelly donut. He's a little Richie Rich that prances 'round in fancy tights and dress up panties, too much of a wuss to do anythin' without a mask and a prepubescent scarecrow as a sidekick.”
― Amy Cook, Edge of Instinct

“First of all, I'll tell you who I'm not. I'm not your enemy, so you can put the sharp pointy objects away,' he responded in a light conversational tone, obviously not deterred by my abrasiveness, which only pissed me off more to know he didn't find me to be a threat at all.
'Well, first of all, I'll be the judge of that,' I cut him off before he could continue. 'And second of all, I'm not interested in who you're not,' I added.
'So you're saying you're interested in who I am?' He gave me a moment to process what he said before a smile broke on his face.
My cheeks flamed. 'Hardly. Just interested in whether or not I'll be seeing you around again,' I was seething and beginning to shake with indignation.
'So you want to see me again?”
― Alicia Deters, Fading Darkness

“Marcie: Neurons that play together stay together, that is how we make connections.
Danny: You want to play on my neural network? Are you sending me a modulation signal?”
― Andrew Neff, The Mind Game Company: The Players

“You could paint yourself in blood and wear leaves in your hair, and I would deny you nothing as long as you came to me when I asked.”

He looked at her, piercingly.

“You’d look pretty with leaves in your hair.”

“What about the Council?”

“Leaves aren’t part of the uniform, I’m afraid.” He nipped at her ear. “Though they do like to rest on their laurels.”
― Nenia Campbell

“I can heal." the words are out of my mouth before I think to censor them.

'What? You can?" His green eyes narrow. "You never said."

I stick a finger in his chest. "You. Never. Asked."
His brief moment of startlement dissolves into desperate laughter.
"And yet you can't even call your stone's fire, which is the easiest, most basic power. You might be a worse failure than even me.”
― Rae Carson , The Crown of Embers

“That's his problem, not yours.'
'You make everything sound so simple.'
'Maybe you're making it too complicated.”
― Jody Hedlund, To Tame a Cowboy

“I was doing perfectly fine. I’m perfectly fine. I will make it to Paris on my own, unchaperoned and without assistance.”

“Well, you will need the pilot and the plane. Probably the crew as well,” he said nonchalantly.”
― Brooke Gilbert, The Paris Soulmate

“If you're about to lie down and take a nap, lemme know. I'll call Shore to come carry you around again," Kieran snarls at me and I shoot him a look, rolling my eyes.
"Thank you for your concern, but I'm fine. Look at us getting a camp cleaned out without having our asses handed to us first! Not a broken bone in sight. I'm proud of you, Black!”
― J. Bree, Broken Bonds

“You're a computer whiz as well as a dashing adventurer?"

His eyebrows rise. "I'm dashing?"

My cheeks are blazing hot, but I roll my eyes. "You fit a certain type that could perhaps be classified as 'dashing.' Taxonomically speaking, of course.”
― Eli Donovan, Time Traitors

“We're strange, so the dinosaurs should flee if you make yourself scary-big." I tap his shoulder with my finger. "No gun unless it's got your head in its jaws."

"And if it tries to eat anything else of mine, I suppose I should let bygones be bygones?”
― Eli Donovan, Time Traitors

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― Bella Michaels, Meet, Play, Love