Cate Tiernan citations

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

“Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life.”

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

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

“Now he was kissing me, not in a scary way, not with hostility, but with warm, seductive intent. In a hayloft, in the barn, in the middle of the night. This scene brought to you by the lettersand.”

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

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

“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?”

“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.”

“But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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