The Witch Haven Quotes
"My mother once told me a girl’s success in this world was dependent on how well she could pretend."
"There’s nothing he loves more than basking in our gratitude."
"Mr. Hues often tells us not to do things by halves, to dedicate ourselves fully to all that we do."
"I take my time on the wealthy widow’s coat, hoping the steady clicking of the sewing machine will drown out all the other noises in my head."
"The thought of police questioning fills me with a panic I swallow down."
"Magic is derived from the human soul; it is as varied as humanity itself."
"You are never, ever to leave this building by yourself. Do you understand?"
"Women are supposed to be competent at everything, but experts at nothing. Haven’t you heard?"
"Sometimes robbery is a decision made for the greater good."
"You cannot help someone who doesn’t want it. You can only try to minimize the damage they do."
"The magic needs something to latch on to. Without a healthy excision of her powers, it’s devouring her instead."
"The way it always has. The magic isn’t new. Your awareness of it is."
"I’ve always wished there was a more elegant term for what we do. Surely ‘Finder’ isn’t the best we can come up with."
"It’s like remembering something that hasn’t happened yet."
"Being dead would be better than not knowing forever."
"This is not a game I am interested in playing. Tell me something real."
"You’re going to die on the top of a pyramid if I have to push you off myself."
"I want to use magic to help people. To protect the ones I love. I’d like for this to matter."
"It’s reckless, stupidly so, but at least this is danger of my own creation."
"You think your brother would have wanted you to become a crusader?"
"The world doesn’t like wild, unpredictable girls."
"I intend to be so powerful, I won’t need protecting."
"There’s no bottom, just endless salt water and a hurt that doesn’t end."
"I’m afraid not. I’ve really got to be going."
"What good is it having magic if we can fix none of them?"
"It’s hard to practice magic with shaking hands."
"You can’t protect me. You can only teach me what to do with what I’ve been given."
"We’re both Watson, so it’s a less than perfect metaphor."
"I wish I could see how this turns out. I cannot."
"A woman here, tonight of all nights, Mr. D’Arcy?"
"Having touched you makes this easier, us talkin’."
"You're allowed to be happy. It’s what he’d want."
"A person who is better than me would feel terrible about what they did in the basement of the Commodore Club, instead of being desperate to try again."
"I want to find the scrying mirror for the Resurrection."
"You’re fierce and kind. You’re loyal and brave. You love deeply, and that terrifies you."
"It’s thrilling to see a place so alive with magic. Free of the sterility of Mrs. Vykotsky’s school or the brutality of Boss Olan’s club."
"Not everything can be bought with money, dear."
"Smart and looking for trouble. The three of you are dangerous indeed."
"Working is subjective. It’s all about intention."
"Can you love someone if you don’t let them know you?"
"You aren’t losing me. You could stay. You need to stay."
"You believe me, but you won’t leave with me."
"Leave this place behind. Be more than this, like you’re always talking about!"
"I didn’t just find The Elemental. I dreamed it."
"You want more power; you’ve told me as much."
"I will get answers from my brother himself, and then I will stop the killings; I will find peace."
"We’ll need to see Boss. He’ll be thrilled to have you."
"It’s best if Boss Olan thinks I’m a sweet girl, one without plans of my own."
"Did you know they own twenty-seven factories in the city?"
"The Sons of Saint Druon would do anything to remain in control."
"I don’t understand what she’s implying about Finn, but I don’t like it."
"The witches have found out what happened to Mrs. Vykotsky, and this is their revenge."
"I’ve always known we were fated to be together."
"Your life, our life together is worth one thousand of him."
"I’m sorry. He tricked me, I’m stupid, I’m so stupid, you were right, I’m sorry, I’m sorry."
"I’ll work to deserve them giving even the tiniest drop of themselves to me."
"Death is warm and soft, and living is so, so hard."
"I will not leave this world a half-done, unrealized thing."
"I take the endless well of love I have for my brother, and I whisper to it, a prayer to stop eating me alive."
"I promise the stars that I will live enough life for the both of us. Death is senseless, but perhaps life doesn’t have to be."