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41 " And—and what was that torture device Father Orville was carrying?""You mean the Bible? "
― Shelby Mahurin , Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)
42 " Ran into the wrong end of a knife. "
43 " Well, what is it you all usually do during the day?" I made to pull the door to the stairwell but Ansel caught it and held it open for me. Okay, I didn't just like him - I adored him. "I assume it involves kicking puppies or stealing the souls of children. "
44 " I loved him. Deeply. Such a love was not something of just the heart and mind. It wasn't something to be felt and eventually forgotten, to be touched without it in return touching you. No.....this love was something else.Something irrevocable. It was something of the soul. "
45 " Sny nigdy nie są snami, Mademoiselle Celio. Są naszymi najskrytszymi marzeniami i najmroczniejszymi sekretami, zdradzanymi jedynie pod osłoną nocy. Dzięki nim możemy poznać nasze prawdziwe oblicze. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Gods & Monsters (Serpent & Dove, #3)
46 " our lives—the way we live, the things we do-they reflect our hearts "
47 " You see magic as a weapon, Reid, but you’re wrong. It simply . . . is. If you wish to use it for harm, it harms, and if you wish to use it to save . . . Together, we looked to Toulouse, who tucked a flower behind the woman’s ear. She beamed at him before rejoining the crowd. It saves. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)
48 " What you are now is not what you’ve always been, nor is it what you always will be. You are a snake. Shed your skin if it no longer serves you. Transform into something different. Something better. "
49 " The world didn’t end in a scream. It ended in a gasp.A single, startled exhalation. And then— Nothing. Nothing but silence. "
50 " You don’t get to leave me. Do you understand?” Cupping my face, he wrenched me backward and kissed me hard. His voice was fierce. His eyes were fiercer. They burned into mine, angry and anguished and afraid. “You don’t get to do this alone. If you retreat into your mind—into your magic—I’ll follow you, Lou.” He shook me slightly, tears glistening in those frightened eyes. “I’ll follow you into that darkness, and I’ll bring you back. Do you hear me? Where you go, I will go. "
51 " Hello, Chass.” Blood roared in my ears. “Hello, wife. "
52 " With an exasperated sigh, he turned his head to kiss my fingers. “You’re impossible.” “I’m impractical, improbable, but never impossible. "
53 " Lou might’ve lied. She might’ve deceived me. But when I’d followed her to the Chateau, I’d chosen my fate, and I’d done it with my eyes wide open. I’d chosen this life. This love. And with my fingers trembling in hers, with her heart beating alongside mine, I still chose it. I still chose her. "
54 " We’re natural enemies, Reid. You’ll always be a witch hunter. I’ll always be a witch. And we’ll always bring each other pain. "
55 " I don’t even know if you’re real,” I whispered, laughing and crying and feeling infinitely foolish. My hands trembled. “I’m probably talking to myself right now like a madwoman. And maybe I am mad. But—but if you are real, if you are listening, please, please . . .” I dropped my head and closed my eyes. “Don’t abandon me. "
56 " Each of Reid’s smiles—so rare, so genuine—was a gift to me. He couldn’t know how much I cherished them, how I wished I could keep them in my pocket to pull out whenever he felt sad. He felt sad so often. After all this was over, I’d make sure he never felt sad again. "
57 " Sometimes when I look at you, I can’t breathe.” My hand moved to his belt. “I can’t think. I can’t function until you look back. And when you give me this smile”—I brushed my knuckle against his dimple—“it’s like a secret just for the two of us. I don’t think I ever love you more than when you smile at me. "
58 " A name isn’t a person. I don’t care what a stupid piece of paper says hers is. I made a vow, and I will honor it. Besides,” I muttered, “these girls look like birds.” These girls aren’t Lou. "
59 " What are you?” He chuckled, his eyes cutting to mine. “I simply . . . am.” “That’s not an answer.” “Of course it is. Why must I bind myself to fit your expectations? "
60 " Where you go, I go, remember? You’re all I have now. I can’t lose you too.” I crept into his lap. “What am I, Reid? Say it again.” “You’re a witch.” “And what are you?” He didn’t hesitate, and my heart swelled. “I am too. "