The Glamourist Quotes

“The transformation, the struggle between light and dark, that is what propels life forward. That metamorphosis is one’s purpose for existing.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“There’s a certain vulgarity in assigning worth to any individual life when each represents a piece in the mosaic of the whole.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Earth, air, water, fire. Your presence here we doth desire. Air, water, fire, earth. Ye advocates of frolic and mirth. Water, fire, earth, air. Thou spirit bright and spirit fair. Fire, earth, air, and water. Cast your blessings on this daughter.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

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― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Some men are born with the seed for cruelty in their hearts,” she said. “It only grows with the passing of time, the roots reaching out to ensnare every part of their soul. But one can’t always tell the extent a man’s heart has been compromised until after they’ve been hopelessly trapped within his grip.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“The perfect mix of magic and mortal genius, reminding her of the complex tension between the born self and the created self and the trick of finding one's balance.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Yes, but you are a twice born. Two mothers, two fathers. The past and future each claim you as their child.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“uYes, but you are a twice born. Two mothers, two fathers. The past and future each claim you as their child.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“The nurturing of one’s well-being was of utmost importance,”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“It’s what your heart wished for when you weren’t looking,” Elena said, taking Yvette’s hand. “That’s the truest kind of magic.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Even a witch without a mother knew the threefold law: that which is cast out—either good or bad—will come back three times as powerful.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“reminding her of the complex tension between the born self and the created self and the trick of finding one’s balance.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“One must learn to sway the influence instead, as if maneuvering on the wind, to truly transition between past and future, the born self and the created self.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Though she’d tried to fight the impulse at first, thoughts of dying in the Maze of the Dead had a morbid beauty to it she decided, until she realized her body wouldn’t be found this deep in the catacombs for a year or ten or never. Yvette rolled over onto her back, groaning from the effort of expending so much energy.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“But none of the women there ever said they knew her. Now she knew why, if that powder-sniffing stuffed shirt was to be believed.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Not at all. Not in the eyes of the law and certainly not in mine.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“complex tension between the born self and the created self and the trick of finding one’s balance.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Yvette might wear her scar on her face for all to see, but others carried them deep inside, where only their bearers knew the damage done.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“Was it prophesied somewhere that all must suffer the agony of uncertainty before finding their way to safe harbor?”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist

“mon petite chou.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Glamourist