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

by Nora Roberts

Some would say too good to be true, but Iona had never believed that. Good should be true.

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

You don’t cheat, steal, or lie. You don’t misuse animals or take advantage of those weaker than you. You don’t spoil for a fight—which is a rule come to be in the last few years—but you don’t walk away from one. You stand for your friends and for your round in the pub. You never touch a woman who belongs to another, and you don’t give your word unless you intend to keep it.”

“We deal with what is. You can’t cloud what is with what-if, and the emotions.”

“You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

It’s better to see and know you’re a fool than to keep your eyes shut and keep acting like one.”