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The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2) QUOTES

The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2) QUOTES

1 " You’re a candle that won’t be snuffed, and now the darkest parts of this world can see you. And they don’t tolerate the light. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

2 " If you’re going to get yourself killed, you could at least kiss me first! "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

3 " One can never be too irrational. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

4 " Threats on your well-being are poor excuses for missing homework! "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

5 " How many does she own?” “Four.” “I think that’s two cats too many for anyone,” Ceony said. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

6 " I suppose after you see so much, the extraordinary starts to become more ordinary. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

7 " But a man doesn’t have to have dark magic to do dark things. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

8 " She had learned how to make the bandages during the second month of her apprenticeship after accidentally walking in on Emery in the privy while he was trimming his hair over the sink. Her embarrassment at seeing the privy occupied, as well as seeing Emery shirtless, had startled her so greatly that she hadn’t taken the time to remove her fingers from the doorframe before slamming the door closed, all while shouting a profuse apology. She had nearly broken her right middle finger in the process, and Emery had crafted one of these bandages to hasten its healing. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

9 " Then she shouted, “If you’re going to get yourself killed, you could at least kiss me first! "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

10 " «Lei non capisce com’è lì dentro. Lei non può capire cos’è accaduto! Conosco il suo cuore meglio del mio adesso, non capisce?»
Mg Aviosky non rispose.
«Sento di conoscerlo da tutta la vita» proseguì Ceony, adesso più calma. «Come se lui fosse destinato da sempre a farne parte. E la Piegatura... Io amo la Piegatura perché è stato lui a insegnarmela, perché è stato lui a mostrarmi la bellezza nelle piccole cose. La bellezza che ho dentro di me.»
«Miss Twill...»
«Io lo amo» continuò Ceony, e gli occhi di Mg Aviosky diventarono grandi quasi come una pallina da polo. «Ed è come se lo avessi sempre amato. Come se quel fragile cuore di carta che gli ho dato fosse il mio...» "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

11 " Do you have any idea what it does to me when you put yourself in danger? And so willingly, no less! "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

12 " He wore normal clothes, but his dark skin contrasted with the rest of the bystanders. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

13 " All I knew to look for was a redheaded girl with strange magic. And you turned out to be Emery Thane’s apprentice, of all people. How is the bugger? Still kicking, I hear. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

14 " She stared up into the beauty of his green eyes, and for a moment she saw everything there, all the pieces of his heart that she remembered so vividly, all the smiles and unspoken words she had earned since meeting him three months earlier. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

15 " Emery’s eyes sparkled with amusement. Had she done something funny?
“I’ve determined that I will teach you to cheat at cards for the day’s first lesson,” Emery announced.
Ceony dropped her scissors. “I knew you were cheating! "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

16 " Delilah cancelled the spell, snapped the mirror shut, and held it out to her. “A late birthday gift for you. Sorry I didn’t wrap it, but I thought the trick would be fun.”
Ceony’s lips parted as she looked at the mirror. “Oh, Delilah, it’s so pretty. You didn’t have to—”
“Take it, take it,” she laughed, shaking the compact at her.
Ceony took it with a smile and traced the Celtic ornament with her fingers as she slipped it into her purse. “Thank you.”
“My birthday is in December,” Delilah said matter-of-factly. “Don’t forget. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

17 " Still, it could only be to her benefit if he thought her naïve. Naïveté seemed the strongest card Ceony had to play, and she knew how to cheat at cards. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

18 " He finally had something worth going home to. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

19 " Sometimes, darling, you don’t have to say it out loud. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)

20 " the Dartford Paper Mill really did smell awful—something like overcooked broccoli with a touch of morning breath. "

― Charlie N. Holmberg , The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician, #2)