The Secret of Spellshadow Manor Quotes

“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.” Edgar Alan Poe”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“The group sat in silence, absorbing the information. The whole room felt cramped. It was as though there were something else in the cellar with them, slithering around them, slowly wrapping its coils tighter until it crushed the life right out of them.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“He liked to say it was more about the act of appreciating beauty than creating anything worthwhile.” “My”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Anti-magic seems far less useful than I would have expected,” Aamir said absentmindedly. “You’re still getting pretty hurt.” “I’m not getting pretty dead, though.” Aamir gave Alex a wry look, one eyebrow raised. “I suppose.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“His attack caught on the ivy”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“I have the social graces of a pole-dancing T-Rex,”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Why bother helping you at all?” Elias said, his voice lazy. “Why feed you breadcrumbs when I could just stuff the whole loaf in your face?” He laughed, and the sound chilled Alex’s blood. It was a jackal’s laugh, high and keening, and it cut out with the abruptness of a breaking window. “A bomb should only be armed once its user is sure it will hit the mark,” he said, his voice creaking with laughter.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Natalie sighed. “I don’t know,” she said. “I guess I mean, sometimes something happens. Something that nobody expected, and nobody could have stopped. And everything disappears. Life does not always make sense.” Alex thought about all those blank pages in the history books. All the stories that didn’t quite end…all the strange absences of endings. He thought about them, and he thought of a house, burning. The sun slipped below the horizon, and the hills vanished with it, replaced by a blank expanse of nothing.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“It wasn’t what I expected,” Natalie said, her expression soft. “It was so loud. The roar of the fire was like a beast screaming in my ear. So much rage and heat, and I just watched. Nobody could do anything. I saw inside a window, and there was an old movie poster in the room, and I watched it curl and burn and vanish. I wondered how many memories I was watching just…” She made a gesture. “Poof. Disappear.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Aamir’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t you have something you want to say to me first?” Lightning streaked the clouds above, and a rumble rolled over the gardens. A light rain began to fall, pattering little holes into the snow all around them. “Jari,” Alex said. “Don’t be a jerk.” Jari looked over at him, then released a heavy sigh. “Fine,” he said. “I was an ass. I have the social graces of a pole-dancing T-Rex, and I’m sorry. Is that what you wanted to hear?” A rare smile cracked Aamir’s lips. “It’s a good start,” he said.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Aamir’s eyes narrowed. “Don’t you have something you want to say to me first?” Lightning streaked the clouds above, and a rumble rolled over the gardens. A light rain began to fall, pattering little holes into the snow all around them. “Jari,” Alex said. “Don’t be a jerk.” Jari looked over at him, then released a heavy sigh. “Fine,” he said. “I was an ass. I have the social graces of a pole-dancing T-Rex, and I’m sorry. Is that what you wanted to hear?” A rare smile cracked Aamir’s lips. “It’s a good start,” he said. “Look,” Jari said, “it’s not that I don’t get it. Please don’t think”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“I did not throw up on everyone,” she said with a twinkle in her eye. “Only a select few.” Alex laughed, but his heart wasn’t in it. By the door, Jari let out an indignant noise. “Not as funny if you were one of the few,” he said, folding his arms. “I thought you could handle it,” Natalie said seriously, looking back at him. “I didn’t want to throw up on anyone too sensitive. But I am sorry. I could not help it.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“As if Jari’s openness had triggered something in Aamir, the older boy also began to reminisce. “My grandfather used to paint. He wasn’t very good, though my grandmother always encouraged him. He liked to say it was more about the act of appreciating beauty than creating anything worthwhile.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Necromancy is wrong on two levels,” Lintz said, his voice dropping to a whisper. “The first is that it taps into a school of magic which is devoted to ripping the magical essence out of another person. The second is that it involves the removal of a person’s life magic.” He shook his head. “The outside world, it has these notions that necromancy is something you do to a corpse, but it’s not like that. You kill your target, and then their ghost—the remnant of their life magic—becomes your thrall, your slave, bound to your will.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“Ouroboros, Alex thought. The infinite cycle of creation and destruction, each eternally leading to the other. Not necessarily a bad sign.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“He found himself standing before what could only be described as a mansion. It towered above him, windows flickering with uncertain light, red bricks almost entirely hidden by great swaths of the same gray plant that hung over the gates. The stuff was everywhere, covering the high wall that ringed the perimeter of the house’s expansive gardens, and there was even a thin layer that crept over the ground. It seemed to drain the color from everything it touched. He shuddered and tried not to brush against it.”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.” ​— ​Edgar Alan Poe”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor

“I suppose I don’t have many friends either. I mean, there are people you see every day and are friendly with, but…real friends”—she smiled—“I think they are quite a rare species.” Alex”
― Bella Forrest, The Secret of Spellshadow Manor