The Book of Life Quotes

“I see you, even when you hide from the rest of the world. I hear you, even when you're silent.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“With knot of one, the spell's begun.
With knot of two, the spell be true.
With knot of three, the spell is free.
With knot of four, the power is stored.
With knot of five, this spell will thrive.
With knot of six, this spell I fix.
With knot of seven, the spell will waken.
With knot of eight, the spell will wait.
With knot of nine, the spell is mine.
With knot of ten, it begins again.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“the wolf who wins is the wolf you feed. The evil wolf feeds on anger, guilt, sorrow, lies, and regret. The good wolf needs a diet of love and honesty, spiced up with big spoonfuls of compassion and faith. So if you want the good wolf to win, you’re going to have to starve the other one.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“To every question I have ever had, or ever will have, you are the answer.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“It’s one thing to wander in the darkness because you know no different, but it’s quite another to enjoy the light only to have it taken from you,”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“I see you, even when you hide from the rest of the world. I hear you, even when you’re silent.” It was a pure definition of love.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Before you I was nothing but dust and shadows. You brought me to life. And I cannot survive without you.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“The secret is that I may be the head of the Bishop-Clairmont family, but you are its heart,” he whispered. “And the three of us are in perfect agreement: The heart is more important.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“I watched in silence as the parts of Matthew I knew and loved—the poet and the scientist, the warrior and the spy, the Renaissance prince and the father—fell away until only the darkest, most forbidding part of him remained. He was only the assassin now. But he was still the man I loved.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“The door swooshed open. A tiny woman in a purple miniskirt, red boots, and a black T-shirt that read STAND BACK—I’M GOING TO TRY SCIENCE walked through. Miriam Shephard had arrived.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“I have a master’s degree in medieval literature. Wyverns—or firedrakes, if you prefer—were once common in European mythology and legends.” “But you . . . you’re my accountant,” Sarah sputtered. “Do you have any idea how many English majors are accountants?” Vivian asked with raised eyebrows.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Sol in Leo

She who is born when the sun is in Leo shall be naturally subtle and witty, and desirous of learning. Whatsoever the heareth or seeth if it seems to comprise any difficulty of matter immediately will she desire to know it. The magic sciences will do her great stead. She shall be familiar to and well beloved by princes. Her first child shall be a female, and the second a male. During her life she shall sustain many troubles and perils.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“According to my grandmother’s people, two wolves live inside every creature: one evil and the other good. They spend all their time trying to destroy each other.” It was, Matthew thought, as good a description of blood rage as he was ever likely to hear from someone not afflicted with the disease. “My bad wolf is winning.” Jack looked sad. “He doesn’t have to,” Chris promised. “Nana Bets said the wolf who wins is the wolf you feed. The evil wolf feeds on anger, guilt, sorrow, lies, and regret. The good wolf needs a diet of love and honesty, spiced up with big spoonfuls of compassion and faith. So if you want the good wolf to win, you’re going to have to starve the other one.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Diana's eyes were the blue and gold of a summer sky, and Matthew wanted nothing more than to fall headlong into their bright depths, not to lose himself but to be found”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Fear is easy to root. Love and respect take more time,”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Diana:
Do not let the ghosts of the past steal the joy from the future.
Thank you for holding my hand.
You can let go now.
Your father, in blood and vow,
Philippe

P.S. The coin is for the ferryman. Tell Matthew I will see you safe on the other side.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“He was so worthy of being loved; I didn’t want him to be alone. Something in my expression must have revealed what was on my mind. “No pity, Auntie. The winds do not always blow as the ship desires,”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Fernando had avoided the place ever since Gallowglass’s father, Hugh de Clermont, died in the fourteenth century. “I am here because Matthew was there for me after the French king executed Hugh. I was alone in all the world then, except for my grief.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“The signe of the Crabbe pertains to houses, lands, treasures, and whatever is hidden. It is the fourth house of the Zodiak. It signifies death and the end of thinges.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Los secretos, como los muertos, no siempre permanecen enterrados.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“But you don’t need words to tell me what you feel,’ Matthew said. ‘I see you, even when you hide from the rest of the world. I hear you, even when you’re silent.’ It was a pure definition of love.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“But you have become as vital to me as breath and blood. My heart no longer knows where I end and you begin. I knew that you were a powerful witch from the moment I saw you, but how could I have imagined that you would have so much power over me?”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“This reminds me of another part of the Aurora Consurgens,’ he murmured. ‘“As I am the end, so my lover is the beginning. I encompass the whole work of creation, and all knowledge is hidden in me.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“For storms will rage and oceans roar,”’ I whispered. ‘“When Gabriel stands on sea and shore. / And as he blows his wondrous horn, / Old worlds die and new be born.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“And it would endure because we had discovered, like the witches so many centuries ago, that a willingness to change was the secret of survival.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Mine is a family built on fear—fear of Benjamin, of the Congregation, of other vampires, even of me. It’s not based on love or respect.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“Fernando looked at Jack thoughtfully. “And you share Matthew’s hope that if you shoulder the burdens of others, they will love you in spite of the sickness in your veins.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life