The Kiss Curse Quotes
"Magic that seems like a little bit of fun and not all that serious can very easily blow up in your faces."
"I am sitting right here. Zero desire to be privy to any of this!"
"We have a responsibility to the town to make sure it’s nothing more than that."
"I know the pub is a family tradition, but maybe it’s time for something new, eh?"
"Life Ruination of Youngest Brother is on the agenda, yes."
"The point of the pub was never to make money."
"This place, once a haven for our kind, a seat of learning and, and erudition, and the perfecting of our craft is now run by these women hawking their cheap Halloween souvenirs and making ridiculous puns."
"Fine. Finish your party, and I’ll stay out of your way."
"I’m not visiting, Ms. Jones. I’m staying in Graves Glen. For good."
"What was more important than coming to his brother’s wedding?"
"This is the first Graves Glen Gathering, so we want to go all in." - Vivi
"I think you’re on your own with the archives this afternoon." - Gwyn
"Just a little more time, we can give you something really—" - Sam
"I just keep pulling the Five of Swords." - Gwyn
"The assignment was very straightforward." - Dr. Arbuthnot
"Magic can’t make people act against their basic will." - Vivi
"You’re probably better off listening to Vivi and Dr. Arbuthnot." - Gwyn
"Defending a blinking pumpkin that had BOO! written on it was not exactly the hill she wanted to die on."
"The best magic is always a little risky, right?"
"Why does that sound like the opening pitch for some kind of magic-based multilevel marketing scheme?"
"I forgot about all of the festivals and parties and things the town does."
"I don’t even know what a newt is. It’s a lizard, right? I really don’t want to be a lizard."
"Why did you say her name like that? Like she’s a movie star or one of those people that makes the little videos you keep sending me?"
"Well, start counting in three-quarter time, Esquire, because we’re waltzing."
"It’s hard to imagine anything topping it, yes, but it’s different here. It’s very... American."
"There was no feeling of magic in the air, no sense that another person was in there, but she still walked slowly, her heart thudding steadily against her ribs."
"Sir Purrcival always met her at the door howling for treats."
"Okay, now she was scared, and Gwyn took a deep breath, fingers moving at her side, pulling up a blast of magic even as she kept calling Sir Purrcival’s name."
"She was so focused on looking for her cat that it took her a minute to realize her hand felt almost dead at her side, no power flowing through it at all."
"Breathing hard now, she looked down, moved her fingers, and there was . . . nothing."
"Her magic wasn’t working and her cat was missing, and as she made her way out onto the front porch, the woods, her woods on her mountain, suddenly felt like they were closing in on her."
"Overhead, clouds were scuttering across the night sky, the wind picking up, and far off in the distance, Gwyn saw a flash of lightning against the heavy clouds."
"Wrapping her arms around herself, Gwyn took deep, steadying breaths, closing her eyes for a second."
"He barely managed to get it in park before he was flinging open the car door and hurrying over to her."
"Magic was already crackling in his veins, his hands clenched tight at his sides as he asked, 'What is it? What’s happened?'"
"We don’t take any pleasure in causing pain. But we learned last time that too little blood might as well be none. So we’re going to need all of yours."
"Gwynnevere Jones was not going out like this."
"My magic is not something anyone can take from me, it is mine. And it’s still there."
"I was going to come over to your store like this. The hat was meant to be funny? And slightly humiliating, which I assumed you’d enjoy."
"Is it weird that I’m kind of into this version of you? I can’t even call you Esquire when you’re like this."
"I want all of you, too. The powerful witch and the woman who loves nothing better than to take the piss out of me when I deserve it."
"The first part is the easiest thing I’ve ever done. The second may take some practice."
"Wherever the two of them were together, that was home."