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The Twelfth Enchantment QUOTES

The Twelfth Enchantment QUOTES

1 " Lucy had no wish to entertain that gentleman. None at all. It was not that Lucy did not wish to marry Mr. Olson, for she had no doubt that marrying him was the most practical thing to do. Nevertheless, she would very much rather avoid the necessity of making conversation with him. "

― David Liss , The Twelfth Enchantment

2 " What had passed between them had been real and true and lived. Not like the silly infatuation she had felt for [him] when she was 16, or the foolish attraction she’d felt. Theirs had been a true love. Forged and built and earned. "

― David Liss , The Twelfth Enchantment

3 " Lucy absently thanked him and at once began to consider which among her gowns would be best suited for a midnight adventure to a gothic castle. "

― David Liss , The Twelfth Enchantment

4 " filigree—charming if one but overlooked the fact that it "

― David Liss , The Twelfth Enchantment

5 " It is one thing to accept that one is powerless to stop the suffering in the world, but quite another to benefit from what brings misery to others. "

― David Liss , The Twelfth Enchantment