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141 " I think every plan we’ve ever coordinated has been complete and utter shit and ended in total disaster. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Gods & Monsters (Serpent & Dove, #3)
142 " Big Titty Liddy was not very pretty, but her bosom was big as a barn. Her creamery knockers drove men off their rockers, but she was blind to their charms "
― Shelby Mahurin , Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1)
143 " You’re my wife now, whether we like it or not. No man will ever touch you that way again. "
144 " You probably think I’m a prude.’‘So? You shouldn’t care what we think, Célie- or anyone else, for that matter. Don’t forfeit your power like that.’‘Because who cares if you’re a prude? Who cares if we’re whores? They’re just words.’‘And we can’t get it right no matter what we do. We might as well do it our own way. Being a prude or being a whore are both better than being what they want us to be.’‘What do they want us to be?’‘Theirs.’‘Be prudish and proud, Célie. We’ll be whorish and happy. "
145 " Evil always seeks a foothold. We must not give it one. "
― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)
146 " Would my soul remember him? A small part of me prayed I wouldn’t, but the rest knew better. 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. "
147 " Her essence infused everything—the sunlight filtering through the pines, the creek trickling beside us despite the cold. Even the wind seemed to dance. It swirled her scent around me, soothing my frazzled nerves like a balm. "
148 " Nothing worth having is easy. "
149 " Can people be born evil?” I shook my head. “I don’t think so either. I think she lost herself somewhere along the way. It’s easy to do with magic.” When I tensed, she turned to face me. “It’s not like you think. Magic isn’t . . . well, it’s like anything else. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. It can be addictive. My mother, she—she loved the power, I suppose.” She chuckled once. It was bitter. “And when everything is a matter of life and death for us, the stakes are higher. The more we gain, the more we lose. "
150 " Fille de pute! "
151 " And such a tight little ass. "
152 " Has someone hurt you? Should I call the constabulary?”“No, no.” I flashed her an embarrassed smile. “Just lost my way to the toilet, that’s all!”“It’s in the lobby.” She narrowed her eyes at me. “Is that blood on your dress? Are you sure you’re all right?”“Perfect.” I nodded like a maniac. “Thanks! "
153 " I loved Lou. I knew that. Felt it in my bones. I also couldn’t stand the sight of her. What was wrong with me? "
154 " C’est cela l’amour, tout donner, tout sacrifier sans espoir de retour. That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return. —Albert Camus "
155 " flung my arms around his neck and kissed him. He pulled away for a fraction of a second, startled, but then he fisted the fabric at the back of my cloak and crushed me to him, mouth hard and unrelenting. "
156 " You stink, taeae. And proper knights don’t stink. How can you rescue your fair maiden if she can’t stand the smell of you?”Fighting her own grin, Madame Labelle braced my other side. “Perhaps his fair maiden doesn’t need rescuing.”“Perhaps she will rescue him,” Victoire called over her shoulder. “Perhaps they will rescue each other,” Violette snapped back. “Perhaps we will,” I murmured, feeling lighter than I’d felt in ages. "
157 " You can’t imagine how toothsome you look right now, Reid.” Grinning wickedly, elbow still linked with mine, she spun into my arms and kissed me full on the mouth. I must’ve been insane because I kissed her back, until— “Toothsome?” I pulled away, frowning. Adrenaline pounded in my chest. “Not sure I like that—” “Why not? It means I want to eat you alive. "
158 " I knew who you were. I knew what you believed... and I fell in love with you anyway. "
159 " Embrace me, Lou,” he repeated my own words back to me, trailing feather-light kisses on my throat, catching my earlobe gently in his teeth. I gasped. Though his body pinned mine to the mattress, he was careful to support his weight with his elbows. I wished he wouldn’t. I wanted to feel him. All of him. “Embrace us. "
160 " Reid eyed me incredulously. “You drink like a man.” “Maybe men can learn a thing or two from women. "