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Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1) QUOTES

Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles, #1) 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 " 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)

3 " 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)

4 " 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)

5 " I am wicked in many ways. "

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

6 " 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)

7 " 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)

8 " 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)

9 " 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)

10 " 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)

11 " Reading is the perfect escape from whatever ails you. "

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

12 " What's the point of a book you don't enjoy? "

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

13 " The universe has yet to take my wishes under consideration. "

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

14 " He may not have said the words, but I know my son. I saw the way he looked at you."
"How?"
"Like he'd do murder for you. "

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

15 " I just want to be me. Cate. Why isn’t that ever enough? "

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

16 " Some things are worth the danger, aren’t they? I don’t believe anyone should be allowed to dictate what I read or who my friends are. It gives me pleasure t know that I can thwart the Brotherhood in some small way. "

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

17 " Finns squares his shoulders—which have gotten a good deal sturdier since I last saw him. Or paid attention, at any rate. How long has it been since I actually looked? He's gotten awfully handsome; it can't have happened overnight. "

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

18 " Brother Ralston smiles fondly, only too willing to believe in my womanly frailty. If it weren’t to my advantage, I’d slap the smile from his face. "

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

19 " It's called Sunday school, but we are required to attend twice weekly: on Sunday before regular service and again on Wednesday evenings. There are two separate classes: one for children under ten, held in the classroom down the hall, to teach them basic prayers and the tenets of the Brotherhood's beliefs, and one for girls aged eleven to seventeen, to teach us about how wicked we are. "

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

20 " Finn lowers his voice to a confidential whisper. ‘Arabella was
my first literary infatuation. I had a mad crush on her. "

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