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61 " My life now has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everything before was preamble. Now I have you. One day you will be gone, and my life will be over. "
― Deborah Harkness , A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
62 " That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home. "
63 " The strongest distinguishing characteristic of humans is their power of denial. "
64 " Within days they'd formed an unholy alliance with a foppish young French vampire in the Garden District who had implausibly golden hair and a streak of ruthlessness as wide as the Mississippi "
65 " He walks through your future, but he's in the past as well. He's always in shadows, never in the light. And though he's dangerous, the shadowed man doesn't pose a threat to you. "
66 " You have always been a child between, a witch apart. But there is no path forward that does not have him in it. Whichever way you go, you must choose him. "
67 " Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate. "
68 " Decide what to do to survive, and do it. "
69 " English vampires may not be as well behaved around witches as the American ones are. "
70 " ...I don't expect you to have no regrets about who you've lost along the way. How could you not have been loved before, when I love you so much? "
71 " I’ve seen courage like yours before—from women, mostly.” Matthew continued as if I hadn’t spoken. “Men don’t have it. Our resolve is born out of fear. It’s merely bravado. "
72 " Did you know that a witch's blood makes music? Like a siren who sings to the sailor, asking him to steer his ship into the rocks, the call of your blood could be my undoing-and yours. "
73 " Her bark is worse than her bite. "
74 " Je suis à votre commande, seigneur. "
75 " Elle a plus de courage que j’ai pensé. "
76 " Be careful, daughter....You are a creature of the crossroads, neither here nor there. 'Tis a dangerous place to be. "
77 " I cannot shield you from the challenges you will face. You will know great loss and danger, but also great joy. You may doubt your instincts in the years to come, but your feet have been walking this path since the moment you were born. "
78 " Nobody really wants to keep secrets, not even the dead. People leave clues everywhere, and if you pay attention, you can piece them together. "
79 " It’s doubtful we’re the first creatures to love those we should not, and we surely won’t be the last. "
80 " I want what I shouldn’t want, and I crave someone I can never have. "