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121 " No," he insisted. "They're wicked.""Aren't we all? "
― Shelby Mahurin , Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)
122 " She keeps looking at you.” Ansel tripped over a stray limb, nearly landing face-first in the snow. Absalon leapt sleekly from his path. “Of course she does. I’m objectively beautiful. A masterpiece made flesh.” Ansel snorted. “Excuse me?” Offended, I kicked snow in his direction, and he nearly tumbled again. “I don’t think I heard you correctly. The proper response was, ‘Goddess Divine, of course thy beauty is a sacred gift from Heaven, and we mortals are blessed to even gaze upon thy face.’” “Goddess Divine.” He laughed harder now, brushing the snow from his coat. “Right. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)
123 " I exhaled in delight as they floated toward me, as they landed on my hair. “How are you . . . ?” “You said it yourself.” Their glow reflected in his eyes. “Magic isn’t good or evil. It heeds those who summon it. When life is a choice between fighting or fleeing—every moment life or death—everything becomes a weapon. It doesn’t matter who holds them. Weapons harm. I’ve seen it. I’ve experienced it firsthand.” He touched the dingy, floral paper on the walls, and the blooms exploded upward, outward, until he reached up to pluck one, tucking it behind my ear. The scent of winter jasmine filled the room. “But life is more than those moments, Lou. We’re more than those moments. "
124 " I want to thank you- for everything." I squeezed his fingers, my own stiff and aching from the cold. "Célie was right. I don't deserve you. I made a real mess of your life when I came into it." His other hand came down on top of mine. Warm and steady. To my surprise, he smiled. "I'm glad you did. "
125 " What do we do with the evidence?” I wiped my bloody hands on my hem. “We burn it. There’s a furnace downstairs.” My eyes lit up. “Yes! I set a warehouse on fire once. One match, and the whole thing went up like a smokestack.” He stared at me in horror. “You set a building on fire? "
126 " when a person brings you more hurt than happiness, you’re allowed to let them go. You do not have to follow them into the dark. "
127 " Coco lifted the gown for my appraisal after he left. "You're going to look divine in this.""I look divine in everything." She grinned and winked at me. "That's the spirit. "
128 " I turned to face Reid, startled to find him directly behind me. His eyesfixed on mine with a deep, unsettling intensity that hadn’t been there before.“Truth or dare.”Butterflies erupted in my belly as he stepped closer still. Heat washedacross every inch of my skin. “Truth.”He shook his head slowly.I swallowed hard. “Dare.”“Kiss me. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Gods & Monsters (Serpent & Dove, #3)
129 " I’m a witch , Reid. A witch . I have the power to protect the ones I love, and I will sacrifice anything for them. If that makes me a monster—if that makes me aberrant —I’ll don the teeth and claws to make it easier for you. I’ll get worse, if that justifies your twisted rhetoric. Much, much worse. "
130 " How old are you?” I asked again, louder this time. “Very old.” Odd, indeed. I stared at him. “ 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? "
131 " not that I ever planned to have a husband. I’d be damned before chaining myself to anyone in marriage. "
132 " Do you want to kiss me?” His finger stilled on my waistband, and I nodded, breathless. I knew the next words before he spoke them. I reveled in them. “Show me. "
133 " Please, don’t cry. I can’t standyour tears. They make me—they make me want to rend the world apart tostop them, and I can’t— "
134 " I stared at her tearstained face, chest aching. She didn’t need to convinceme. I’d do anything she asked. If kissing her would stop another tear fromfalling, I’d kiss her a thousand times. If we survived the night, I’d kiss awayevery tear for the rest of her life. "
135 " Here's to finding our happiness. "
136 " His mouth quirked, and he tentatively touched my shoulder, blue eyes sparkling. Like the sun on the ocean. "
137 " Make up your mind. You can’t string me along forever, blowing hot one minute and cold the next. Do you want to love me, or do you want to kill me? "
138 " What is it, then? Why are you helping us?"Pursing his lips, he considered. "Perhaps because the world needs a whit less hate and a trifle more love. "
139 " But the flames come first with the Church. Questions second. It’s a dangerous time to be female. "
140 " You gave me life,” I continued, stronger now, the words spilling faster than I’d intended. Cathartic. “Of course I loved you. Why do you think I allowed them to chain me to an altar? At sixteen years old, I was willing to die for you. My mother. "