Cate Tiernan Quotes

“Please, ground, just open up and let me fall into an endless crevasse till I hit the center of the earth and combust. Please. Is that too much to ask?”

“Please, please be some sex-starved nutcase who wants to kidnap me and make me your love slave, I begged silently.”

“Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.”

“Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me.”

“Robbie turned to the house again. "Got a flashlight?"
"Of course not." I smirked. "That would make me too well prepared, wouldn't it?”

“Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick…”

“I don't love you. But I see the value of you, the incredible worth of you, more than anyone I've ever known.”

“Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.”

“It happened again this afternoon. Just the way it did that other night. We were talking--talking about how to protect her, actually--and then, suddenly, I looked at her and it was as if I'd found an entire universe in her eyes.”

“There are no coincidences. And everything means something.”

“Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us.”

“It was all I could do to not knock him down right there in front of Asher and climb on him. If I stunned him with a frying pan first, he might not struggle too much.…”

“Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak.”

“Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.”

“I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls.”

“I was of the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn’t give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff” school of thought.”

“Heritage does not equal destiny.”

“I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.”

“Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty”

“I'd once read somewhere that is takes about half as long to recover from a deep relationship as the relationship lasted.”

“Stay here!" he commanded me, then he raced off after Cal.
I stopped for just a moment. Then I ran after them.”