The Glamourist (The Vine Witch, #2)

by Luanne G. Smith

“Sometimes the mark of prejudice settles in the eyes of those with limited vision, much like cataracts,”

“One can’t run from whom they were meant to be,” he said, as if peering at some hidden location inside Elena. “The transformation, the struggle between light and dark, that is what propels life forward. That metamorphosis is one’s purpose for existing.”

one should not forfeit their free will, even if compelled by a superior form of sorcery. One must learn to sway the influence instead, as if maneuvering on the wind, to truly transition between past and future, the born self and the created self.”

“Some men are born with the seed for cruelty in their hearts,” she said. “It only grows with the passing of time, the roots reaching out to ensnare every part of their soul. But one can’t always tell the extent a man’s heart has been compromised until after they’ve been hopelessly trapped within his grip.”

“There’s a certain vulgarity in assigning worth to any individual life when each represents a piece in the mosaic of the whole.”