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Jessica Spotswood QUOTES

1 " No matter how safe and beautiful it is, a cage is still a cage. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

2 " I think all women should be able to make it on their own,” Frankie said. “It’s not about needing a man
or not — it just means she knows she can do whatever she sets out to do. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

3 " We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

4 " Folks around here like to say we came from the stars. Perhaps it's simpler to think of us not as human but as creatures made of stardust--that if you cut us, not blood but constellations will pour from out wounds. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

5 " You don't have to apologize for your feelings. You can't make yourself fall in love with somebody. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Wild Swans

6 " Up here it seems we have only the stars, but even they seem small in the midst of that terrifying night sky...I suppose even monsters can be afraid of the dark. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

7 " I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days, but now its not enough. I'm not sure who moves first. The inches between us are erased until I'm in his arms and my mouth finds his. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

8 " Nobody can go back to how it was. The dust bowl dried us all up bitter as seeds and spat us out all over the land and none of us yet has taken root. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

9 " I suppose even monsters can be afraid of the dark. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

10 " From my vantage point I can see the back of his neck flush pink beneath his collar. He's got freckles there, too. I wonder how many more freckle's he's got. Are they all over, or just where the sun's touched?
Good Lord, why am I thinking of Finn Belastra without his clothes on? "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

11 " I never knew how easy it is to escape if you don't mind leaving nearly everything behind. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

12 " I am wicked in many ways. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

13 " I know I'm supposed to be a good girl. I know I'm supposed to be happy doing needlework samplers and baking potatoes in coal and whatnot.
But Lord, I love running from the law. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)

14 " We must use magic only in the rose garden. We must speak of it only in hushed voices and behind closed doors. We must never forget how dangerous it can be - nor how wicked. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

15 " I give Finn a wicked smile. "Don't you think a peg leg would be charming? Like a pirate? The first mate of the Calypso had one, didn't he?"
"It would add a certain rakish factor. Have you got a spare eye patch?"
"Be serious, you two. Gangrene is no laughing matter," Mrs. O'Hare scolds. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

16 " I have never been this close to a man before. Something stirs deep, pulsing through my body, and its quite like the tug of magic, buts its not the magic; this is something entirely different, just between Finn and me and this moment. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

17 " Get on with it," Mrs. O'Hare prompts, and I do, wrapping the bandage snugly over Finn's instep and up his calf― which is sinewy with muscle, covered in fine coppery hair and more freckles. I'm fascinated by the pattern they form over his skin. Do they go all the way up his leg?
I flush scarlet at the the thought. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

18 " He holds my gaze, and the look in his eyes is a love letter in itself. When he speaks, his voice is rough. "Will you marry me, Cate?"

I go still, the question hanging in the air. I have never felt more accepted 'for the girl I am, not the girl I want to be' never more loved and respected than I am in this moment. It's a choice, and it's mine to make.

"Yes," I breathe.

Finn slides the simple gold band onto my ring finger. I tilt it, and the ruby sparkles, catching the sunlight. He leans down and brushes his lips against mine, sealing the promise. 'I can't wait to make you my wife.'

'Cate Belastra.' I try it out and despite the solemnity of the moment, despite knowing what this will cost him, I can't help smiling. "

― Jessica Spotswood , Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1)

19 " Maura looks stunned, as though she's been slapped. "What about me? Don't you trust me?" She gives a hysterical little laugh. Tears are gathering in her blue eyes. "Let me guess: you think I'm reckless. 'Too easily ruled by my emotions,' Elena said. As though feeling things too deeply -- wanting more for myself and girls like us -- is so terrible! "

― Jessica Spotswood , Star Cursed (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #2)

20 " Folks around here call us el destinos.
They like to say we came from the stars. And when I stare up at the infinite heavens stretched out above us like a shroud, it's hard to imagine we came from anywhere else. "

― Jessica Spotswood , A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)