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41 " All you have to do is be a good listener. Nobody really wants to keep secrets, not even the dead. People leave clues everywhere, and if you pay attention, you can piece them together. "
― Deborah Harkness , A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
42 " Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris,Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran,Quar de s’amor no suy devis,Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan,Qu’en lieys es tota le mercésQue·m pot sorzer o decazer.”“Not dying nor living nor healing,there is no pain in my sickness, for I am not kept from her love.I don’t know if I will ever have it,for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power. "
43 " You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it. "
44 " She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment. "
45 " The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. "
46 " The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. "
47 " We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book. "
48 " Whoever can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead. "
49 " I have a weakness for smart men. "
50 " there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing. "
51 " Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery. "
52 " I saw the logic that they used, and the death of a thousand cuts as experimental scientists slowly chipped away at the belief that the world was an inexplicably powerful, magical place. Ultimately they failed, though. The magic never really went away. It waited, quietly, for people to return to it when they found the science wanting. "
53 " I would rather have had this moment with you—just this one night—than centuries with someone else... "
54 " In this room we understand why this war might be fought...it's about our common belief that no one has the right to tell two creatures that they cannot love each other--no matter what their species. "
55 " Desire urges me on as fear bridles me" Bruno. "
56 " There is more to the game than protecting your queen" Hamish said. "Why do you find it so difficult to remember that it's the king who's not expendable?""The king just sits there, moving one square at a time.The queen can move so freely. I suppose I'd rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom "
57 " Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away. "
58 " I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important. "
59 " Normal' is a bedtime story-a fable-that humans tell themselves to feel better when faced with overwhelming evidence that most of what's happening around them is not 'normal' at all. "
60 " Turn to me with all your heart. Do not refuse me because I am dark and shadowed. The fire of the sun has altered me. The seas have encompassed me. The earth has been corrupted because of my work. Night fell over the earth when I sank into the miry deep, and my substance was hidden.” The Moon Queen held a star in one outstretched palm. “From the depths of the water I cried out to you, and from the depths of the earth I will call to those who pass by me,” I continued. “Watch for me. See me. And if you find another who is like me, I will give him the morning star. "