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The Thief on the Winged Horse QUOTES

The Thief on the Winged Horse QUOTES

1 " Those men don't want to look at beauty. They want to look at something made for them, to confirm their desire is the most important thing in the world; they want their dolls like they want their women, a painted smile, no internal life of her own and you can blame her for your passions. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse

2 " Love hardly ever happens. Most people are only presenting a reasonable facsimile of the thing, and they know it's not real, it's just an act we're all agreed on. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse

3 " Sometimes I'm in love with Persephone," Larkin confessed. "And sometimes I'm not, but I want to be. And sometimes I'm relieved to feel nothing for her at all. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse

4 " Happy is as happy does, my brother. If she dwelled on her misfortunes less, then less misfortune would befall her. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse

5 " Wealth had made him a poor judge of other people's motivations and reactions. So often, money had allowed him not to care how other people felt at all. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse

6 " Persephone believed that feelings were, in themselves, neither positive or negative - it was a matter of balance, and what use feelings were put to in one's dealings with the world. "

― Kate Mascarenhas , The Thief on the Winged Horse