The Witchwood Knot Quotes

“I would have you play my songs until your fingers bled," he confessed hoarsely. "I would compose new music, just to hear you play it with such passion. I cannot bear it governess - how dare you love my music more than I do?”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“Innocence is so offensive, isn’t it?” he asked her finally. “It is never content in its existence. It must force itself upon the rest of the world, insisting that true horror is a fiction.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“Quietly, Winnie thought that he should have paid a great deal of respect to the wicked silver pocket knife visible upon her chatelaine - but men rarely did notice the important details.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“I am still not afraid of you - I am not even afraid of being desired. I am simply afraid of what desire becomes whenever I dare to decline it.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“The world would be more comfortable without us, Miss Hall," he said. "But I have never troubled myself overmuch with making other people comfortable. I would rather carry a knife.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“Innocence is so offensive, isn't it?" he asked her finally. "It is never content in its existence. It must force itself upon the rest of the world, insisting that true horror is a fiction.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“It was somewhat flattering, Winnie realised, to be considered as a worthy opponent, instead of as a woman.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot

“I do not have parents, Lady Longfell, and I never will. But I have had people who care for me, and that is more than some can say.”
― Olivia Atwater, The Witchwood Knot