Dark Witch (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, #1)

by Nora Roberts

Good should be true.

I know it’s early.” “That it is. The day will insist on starting that way.”

“What’s an adventure if you know all the steps before you take them?”

“When you’ve had less than little in some things, you’re grateful for even a spoonful of more.

“A day off’s good for the soul.

“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks. Slay the dragon—though I really think dragons get a bad rap—kiss

keep your heart and your mind open, Iona. That’s when the best come into them.”

She knew she had a habit of letting hope overrule everything else. All logic, all sense and self-preservation could, and usually did, fizzle under the bright light of hope.

If something’s meant, what’s the point in worrying over it?”

Love, she thought, given freely, taken willingly. There was no stronger magick.