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Seneca.”
I must have a plan, or else be pulled into the designs of other men. Tell us what must be done, and we will see to it.”
Some think my father can see into one’s very soul,”
” “Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.
“I don’t know what constitutes marriage in this future of yours, but in the present moment it is something worth dying for.”
“The twelfth century was not good for you, and we allowed you to read entirely too much poetry.
One day your life on this earth will draw to a close and you will make your final journey into the underworld. Rather than grieve, Matthew will want to follow you into death.” Philippe’s words rang with truth.
“He has less faith than anyone I have ever known. All he possesses is belief, which is quite different and depends on the head rather than the heart.
“But ideas are seldom strong enough to provide the basis for courage. Not without hope for the future.”
“Churches weren’t built for comfort,”
‘If you’re determined to end your own life,’ he said, ‘at least it can be for some greater purpose than self-pity.’
Think—and stay alive.”
Words kill just as swords do.”
‘Change is the only reliable thing in the world.’”
Artemis
“No matter how much we change, it is important to remember the past and honor it.”
But it was the stories that creatures told, over and over without knowing what they meant, that were often the most important, just as it was these time-worn rituals of honor, marriage, and family that people held most sacred even though they often seemed to ignore them.
unless I let go of my fear.
revenge is never an adequate remedy for loss.
“Most creatures will believe in anything that promises to bring an end to their immediate misery
“You will not be alone either, Philippe de Clermont,” I whispered fiercely. “I’ll find a way to be with you in the darkness, I promise. And when you think the whole world has abandoned you, I’ll be there, holding your hand.”
creatures who were different—immortal but powerful, too.
“All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.”
“My whole heart, my whole life,”
Stubbe Peter, who appeared in the shape of a wolf and fed off the blood of men, women, and children until they were dead.
Benjamin?
Stubbe lived in far-off Germany.
the man was a vampire.
women own nothing absolutely, save what lies between our ears.
Names are important.”
” “We face a dark future if children stop asking questions,
Fear breeds contempt, then hate.
“You’d be surprised how many women seem to want a vampire boyfriend anyway, though.”
“There are witches—a very few witches—who can move between this world and the next.”
“Life—and death. You can be in both worlds. That is why the rowan chose you,
’ “We are more similar, you and I, than either of us imagined,”
And so I discovered that the practice of magic was not unlike the practice of history. The trick to both wasn’t finding the correct answers but formulating better questions.
Harkness Tower at Yale,
‘The forest has eyes, and the woods have ears; therefore I will see, be silent, and hear.’”
Somewhere in Prague was a weaver like me, one who could move between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
“All the monsters looked like ordinary men tonight,
“They often do,
Each of us is uniquely gifted,
In the world’s apparent chaos, there is still evidence of God’s plan.”
” “One should find wholeness in marriage, Gabriel, but it should not be a prison for either party,”
there’s a werewolf prowling around
Benjamin?
The new arrival was not large or physically intimidating—but he was a vampire, one with dark blue eyes set into a long, pale face under dusky hair.
Benjamin?
‘I nourish and extinguish.’”
