Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Avalon Quotes

“They’d been deceived into thinking safety, ease, and pleasure would give them meaning. Their own selfish appetites were chains, locking their gazes inward to create an endless feedback loop of misery and consumption.”
― Lydia Sherrer, Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Avalon

“What does he promise?” Lily asked, dreading the answer. “Pleasure. Diversion. A better future with more opportunities but no less ease and security than what our people are accustomed to.” Sebastian snorted—loudly and derisively. “Yeah, right. He sounds like every politician in America. Maybe every politician ever.”
― Lydia Sherrer, Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Avalon

“Do not think of it, nor allow it to trouble you. Your ancestry holds no power over you. Nothing but your own judgement and actions matter.”
― Lydia Sherrer, Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Avalon

“In our earnest striving to provide peace and plenty to our descendants, we forgot the lessons of our youth: that adversity is what builds strength, and a life without trials cannot teach wisdom.”
― Lydia Sherrer, Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Avalon