P. C. Cast famous quotes

The Fomorians skittered backward, away from me, looking justifiably confused. I mean, really, how many human women actually run to them? And I was a human woman covered in swamp yuck, with wild red hair sticking out in matted hunks and arms flailing like a demented Bride of Frankenstein. I'd run from me.
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#Running #Confused #Mean

If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh.
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#Friendship #Good Friend #Cute Best Friend

Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.
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#Inspirational #Light #Evil

Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own.
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#War #Unique #Evil

I want to be a Huntress when I grow up!" shouted a voice from the throng. Kyna rolled her eyes and shook her head. "You can't be a Huntress, Liam. You're not a centaur and you're not a female.
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#Growing Up #Eye #Voice

Because you are the superhero fledgling. I’m just your more attractive sidekick. Oh, and the herd of nerds are your dorky minions.
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#Superhero #Nerd #Sidekicks

Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.
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#Strength #Eye #Giving

I prefer my water in wine form.
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#Wine #Water #Form

Gender preference does not define you. Your spirit defines you.
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#Doe #Spirit #Gender

I seek strength, not to be greater than other, but to fight my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself
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#Fighting #Enemy #Doubt

Surrender is a powerful force.
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#Powerful #Surrender #Force

What if all I'd ever known was how it had been for the past three years - me being an unwanted outsider in my own family? I might have turned out like Aphrodite, and I might still be letting my parents control me because I was hoping desperately that I would be good enough, make them proud, so that some day they would really love me.
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#Past #Years #Parent

Your way of life is sinful and wrong," he said fiercely. Thus says a man who admits to worshipping a God who vilifies pleasure, relegates women to roles that are little more than servants and broodmares, though they are the backbone of your church, and seeks to control his worshippers through guilt and fear.
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#Men #Religion #Church

A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.' Quite often men are fools.
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#Men #Romance #Fool

Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn't a place you can be happy anymore.
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#Home #People #Sometimes

Mercy is stronger than your sword.
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#Stronger #Mercy

I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character
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#Character #Cat #Way

Don't you think baby corns are scary? There's just something wrong about their midget bodies.
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#Baby #Thinking #Scary

That don't look good," Kramisha said. "Not good at all." She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose attention was so focused on me I swear he didn't look like he would notice if a giant white elephant in a tutu danced around the room. "Ain't that the human kid who was down here before?
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#Kids #Eye #Elephants

Sweetie, she-warriors don"t scream. We wow our men with a look, tame them with a smile.
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#Warrior #Men #Wow

You can borrow my two-carat diamond stud earrings," Aphrodite said. I stopped and looked back at her. "Huh?" She shrugged. "That's as close to a declaration of love as you're gonna get from me.
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#Two #Aphrodite #Said

Ancient one sleeping, waiting to rise When earth's power bleeds sacred red The mark strikes true; Queen Tsi Sgili will devise He shall be washed from his entombing bed Through the hand of the dead he is free Terrible beauty, monstrous sight Ruled again they shall be Women shall kneel to his dark might Kalona's song sounds sweet As we slaughter with cold heat
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#Song #Sweet #Queens

Water, we go to you dirty and rise from you clean.
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#Dirty #Water

Nefertiti, the most beautiful calico in the world, chose me as her own six short years ago.
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#Beautiful #Years #Six

Something must be wrong with me to stop a good girl-on-girl fight
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#Girl #Fighting #Good Girl

Im not letting my best freind die. been there done that. i got that freakin tshirt
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#Done

When day begins to break I count my blessings, good and bad, Being wakeful for your sake, Remembering the covenant we've always had, What eagle look your face still shows, While up from my heart's root So great a sweetness flows I shake from head to foot.
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#Heart #Blessing #Eagles

A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find me on water Purify me through fire Trapped by earth nevermore Air will whisper to you What spirit already knows: That even shattered anything is possible If you believe Then we shall both be free.
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#Believe #Air #Fire

She comes back Through blood by blood She returns Cut deep now Like me Humanity saves her Will she save me?
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#Cutting #Blood #Humanity

No, Zoey." Heat sounded pissed. It's not okay here. Not for you." Well, maybe that's 'cause I'm not dead. Yet.
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#Causes #Heat #Okay

Hades was the personification of dark and dangerous--a living, breathing Batman.
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#Dark #Breathing #Hades

What once bound him Will make him flee Place of power-joining of five Night Spirit Blood Humanity Earth Joined not to conquer, Instead to overcome Night leads to Spirit Blood binds Humanity And Earth completes.
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#Night #Blood #Humanity

Shadows in shadows He watches through dreams Wings black as Africa Body strong as stone Done waiting The ravens call.
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#Dream #Strong #Wings

Eyes watching always Shadows in shadows they wait A black feather falls First accepted, loved Then betrayed-spit in the face Vengeance sweet like dots.
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#Sweet #Fall #Eye

They done Wrong Like ink from a busted pen Thrown away 'cause of someone else Used up But he come back Dressed in night Fine as a king With his queen The wrong Made right So right.
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#Queens #Kings #Night

Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.
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#Heart #Winning #Soul

A sense of belonging is not physical. We cant find it by changing where we live or what we do. We have to carry it within us
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#Belonging

No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life." "Why?" he asked, opening both his eyes. "Because sometimes it's either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you?
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#Eye #Laughing #Cry

She frowned at him. "That sounds vaguely like a threat." "It's not vague and it's not a threat. It's clearly blackmail.
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#Sound #Threat #Blackmail

I like to think of birthdays as celebrating life." "Only losers acknowledge they survived a year and hope they cheat death again.
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#Thinking #Years #Loser

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.
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#Children #Kingdoms #Mates

Can I flirt with another guy to make him jealous?" "Oh no." She laughed, still holding my hands. "That will unleash something you can't handle. You don't mess with men that way.
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#Jealous #Men #Flirting

Can't we kidnap Old Jethro, force him to help us, then vanquish him and the healer?" Bran choked on his drink.
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#Helping #Drink #Vanquish

You ever have that happen where you meet someone and just--clash? We were like a gravel and cream sandwhich." "That is the weirdest thing you have ever said. I suppose you were the cream?" "Of course I was the cream. Sha."--Eve Rosser, The Drama Queen's Last Dance (Rachel Caine)
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#Queens #Drama #Lasts

Eww," Jack said, and then giggled. "Yeah, and a Paris Hilton doll that had an optional brain."Aphrodite raised her brow at him. "Don't go all crazy. There are some things even Paris Hilton can't buy.
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#Crazy #Paris #Brain

You know that prejudice isn't logical, which is why it is so hard to overcome.
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#Overcoming #Prejudice #Logical

What dark secrets do you keep hidden from the world? Where would you go if no one could find you? What would you do if no one could see you?
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#Dark #Secret #World

Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.
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#Dream #Secret #Desire

What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them?
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#Giving #What If #Needs

when love is strong enough it can even cause Fate to change her course
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#Strong #Fate #Love Is

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one
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#Inspirational Love #Love Is #Two

You can't win integrity and honor from games. You can only earn them from living a life dedicated to those ideals.
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#Integrity #Winning #Games

There's power in the truth, just like there's power in making the right choice
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#Choices #Zoey Redbird

I think most people, and I'm talking vamp or human, are shitty. They put on an act. They pretend to be all nicey-nice, but are really just one step away from showing their true asshole-ness.
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#Nice #Thinking #Talking

Ignorance breeds fear and hatred.
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#Ignorance #Hatred

A window within the soul to see Light and Magick I send with thee Be strong, be brave, make the right choice Though Darkness shouts with a terrible voice Know that I am watching from above And that always, always, the answer is love!
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#Strong #Light #Voice

At the last parent visitation night I'd sorta accidentally watched a majorly nightmarish scene between Aphrodite and her parents. Her dad's the mayor of Tulsa. Her mom might be Satan.
-- P. C. Cast

#Mom #Dad #Night