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101 " Alchemy is the story of creation, told chemically. Creatures are chemistry, mapped onto biology. "
― Deborah Harkness , A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
102 " I know,I can smell it, too, "
103 " Give me knowledge of my end and the measure of my days, so I may know my fraility. My lifetime is no longer than the width of my hand. It is only a moment, compared to yours. "
104 " For us to be together, we needed to decide which secrets to share and then let the others go. "
105 " You don't feel this way now, but you're lucky to have found her at last...But is she lucky, Hamish? Is she fortunate to have a creature like me in pursuit?...That's entirely up to you. Just remember-no secrets. Not if you love her. "
106 " 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 corruot d because of my work. Night fell over the earth when I sank into the miry deep, and my substance was hidden. "
107 " We’re witches—of course the house is haunted. "
108 " Neither his family nor his next taste of blood mattered as much as knowing that she was safe and within arm’s reach. If that was what it meant to be bewitched, he was a lost man. "
109 " Are you always like this? All dressed up in adrenaline and no place to go? "
110 " The next morning was grey and much more typical of early autumn. All I wanted to do was cocoon myself in layers of sweaters and stay in my room. "
111 " Fess up, Diana. You’re not worried about saying the wrong thing if you see Matthew Clairmont at a cocktail party. This is how you behave when you’re working on a research problem. What is it about him that’s hooked your imagination?”Sometimes Chris seemed to suspect I was different. But there was no way to tell him the truth.“I have a weakness for smart men.”He sighed. “Okay, don’t tell me. You’re a terrible liar, you know. But be careful. If he breaks your heart, I’ll have to kick his ass, and this is a busy semester for me. "
112 " Matthew had been accumulating secrets...My life might be too brief to hear them all, never mind understand them. "
113 " I keep telling you we have no reason to rush. Modern creatures are always in such a hurry,” Matthew murmured, drawing the fallen sheet down to my waist. “Call me old-fashioned if you’d like, but I want to enjoy every moment of our courtship. "
114 " If we are at war, we’re not fighting for a bewitched alchemical manuscript, or for my safety, or for our right to marry and have children. This is about the future of all of us.” I saw that future for just a moment, its bright potential spooling away in a thousand different directions. “If our children don’t take the next evolutionary steps, it will be someone else’s children. And whiskey isn’t going to make it possible for me to close my eyes and forget that. No one else will go through this kind of hell because they love someone they’re not supposed to love. I won’t allow it. "
115 " I could still feel the chain that anchored me to Matthew, witch to vampire. "
116 " Survival and sexuality were linked in ways I’d never appreciated until now. "
117 " Now I have you. One day you will be gone, and my life will be over. "
118 " This is why you have to stop keeping secrets, Matt. They’re going to destroy you from the inside. "
119 " I know. You were nervous before you opened your eyes. "
120 " We spend our time striving and straining to be something that we’re not. Let those desires go. Honor who you are. "