Alethea Kontis > Alethea's Quotes

“Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“So who is she? No wait, let me guess. Skin of the finest porcelain. Hair of the softest silk. A voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes.
"You've met her?"
"Oh yes, my friend. We all know her. We've all pursued her. Some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. We've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius.
"Third time's tradition," finished Erik.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“When sad she brings the thunder
And her tears, they bring the rain
When ill she feeds a poison
To us all to fell her pain
Her smiles they bring the sunshine
And the laughter and the wind
And the birds they go on singing
And the world is whole again.
"Smile, sweet Sunday," Wednesday whispered in her ear. "The birds need your love so they can lift their wings.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“May we all be doomed to a happy life.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“It can't be 'true' love without the truth”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“For some heroes, nothing is impossible”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.”
― Alethea Kontis, Enchanted

“Saturday's goal was swordsmanship decent enough to get her hired on the first caravan out of this magic-drenched insanity.”
― Alethea Kontis, Hero

“Adventure is the vice of all Woodcutters.”
― Alethea Kontis, Hero

“People see what they want to see and what people want to see never has anything to do with the truth.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666