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“Weddings aren’t for the benefit of the bride or the groom. Most couples would be content to go off on their own as we did, say a few words, and then leave for a holiday. Weddings are rites of passage for the community.”
‘Change is the only reliable thing in the world.’”
but revenge is never an adequate remedy for loss.
Children needed love, a reliable source of comfort, and an adult willing to take responsibility for them.
“We women own nothing absolutely, save what lies between our ears. Our virtue belongs first to our father and then to our husband. We dedicate our duty to our family. As soon as we share our thoughts with another, put pen to paper or thread a needle, all that we do and make belongs to someone else. So long as she has words and ideas, Annie will always possess something that is hers alone.”
“Magic begins with desire.
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.
“One should find wholeness in marriage, Gabriel, but it should not be a prison for either party,”
“Messy? So is life. Stop trying to be perfect. Try being real for a change.”
“You tell me that magic is just desire made real. Maybe spells are nothing more than words that you believe with all your heart,”
The goddess does not want us to imitate some ideal of perfection, but to be our true selves.”
