Magic Under Stone Quotes

“How could this be? - I thought. - Characterization is my strength!”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“Her best smile seemed to be for him alone.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“Once you commit to something, you just manage through each moment. And nothing truly awful happened. The voyage over was uneventful. I found work right away, just not very good work. The worst thing wasn't something terrible, it was the lack of anything wonderful.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“Even now, I hoped he would take my hand, and when he didn't, I felt my empty hand as if it were missing a finger.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“The worst thing wasn’t something terrible, it was the lack of anything wonderful.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“I don’t want to become a queen to someone’s king,” Violet said fiercely. “I want to be queen on my own.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“We were a mess of cultures, and nothing matched, but I found it all the more fun for that.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone

“The country is not there to lull you any more than I was. The people there don’t think they are different, they are going about their normal business, and sometimes I felt that, while you respected me more than other men, you romanticized me. Someone or someplace that is romanticized can’t be real.”
― Jaclyn Dolamore, Magic Under Stone