C.M. Raymond > Quotes

“Hannah tried to put her finger on it—what exactly the team brought her. Then it hit her. All her life she had felt a certain emptiness, but now, watching her friends on the deck, she felt full.  Full of life. Full of hope. Full of love. Love, she thought again, and then she remembered her conversation with the Oracle. All magicians had their ways of unlocking the energy—twisting fingers, mumbled words, fingers in the foliage—but Hannah’s was love.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath

“For years she had wished that she was like them—a noble groomed within an ivory tower—but now she wasn’t so sure. While there were plenty of squabbles in the Boulevard, the kids were always on the same side. Even as social groups shifted, they all knew that at the end of the day they were on the same team. Things were different at the Academy. She thought of Violet, the bitch who had already marked Hannah as a rival, and Morgan, who seemed to view her as nothing more than a target. It was all so superficial, so petty compared to trying to scrounge every day for food or medicine. She realized that such silly squabbles were what the life of luxury bred.”
― C.M. Raymond, Reawakening

“But in the center of the heart lies a little piece of darkness, you know? Just depends on whether or not we let it grow... and what we do with it if it does.”
― C.M. Raymond, Unlawful Passage

“She could be surprising in all of the best—and the worst—ways.”
― C.M. Raymond, Reawakening

“I'm going to get some answers. When everything seems right but our gut says it's wrong, we trust our gut.”
― C.M. Raymond, Solyrian Conspiracy: Age Of Magic

“It feels like a month ago, but it’s only been days.” “Time certainly bends when things go sideways.”
― C.M. Raymond, Solyrian Conspiracy: Age Of Magic

“Her greatest power didn’t come from repose, but from passion. She performed miracles amid chaos.”
― C.M. Raymond, Reawakening

“When was the last time anyone in a position called ‘Captain of the Guard’ was totally on the up and up?” “Why is that?” She sighed into her cup. “Is it too much to ask for nobility without douche-nuggetry?” “Probably.” Parker sighed. “Does power corrupt the thirsty, or do the powerful thirst for corruption?”
― C.M. Raymond, Solyrian Conspiracy: Age Of Magic

“It had only been a year, but it felt like a thousand lifetimes.”
― C.M. Raymond, Reborn

“The opposite of love for others,” he said slowly, “isn’t necessarily hate for others. It’s more like a pure and unadulterated self-love.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath

“day with the douche brothers, he was mostly jealous of the man’s intoxication. Not to mention that if his gift was walking around in other people’s twisted brains, he’d be half drunk all the time as well. But the man working door duty was obstinate bordering on downright rude. “I’m not asking to see the Master, I am telling you to bring us to her. Not giving you an option here, spacebrain. We are on official Arcadia business by order of the Governor and the Chancellor.” He could feel the mystic push against his brain. The man wasn’t strong enough to get through Stellan’s defenses, but he had to remember to keep the wall in place. Anger had a way of weakening one’s capacity to keep a mystic out. “Yes, yes, yes. The Governor and Chancellor… I heard that. I just can’t, not tonight. She isn’t to be disturbed. Would not be prudent to go against what she desires.” The man’s bloodshot eyes dashed back and forth from Stellan to the other two guards. He was suddenly nervous, and it struck Stellan”
― C.M. Raymond, Restriction

“power comes from the fact that only she matters in her world. That she survive and flourish, and she alone, is what gives her power. That is far more dangerous than hate. She is purely rational in her pursuit of self-interest…and that could be our end.” “That’s scary as hell.”
― C.M. Raymond, The Gods Beneath

“If we told our kids from birth that they couldn’t walk, what do you think would happen? Or to put it a better way, if we told them from day one that they could fly, what do you think they’d be capable of?”
― C.M. Raymond, Revolution

“Scheisse, I’m just a guy with a hammer tryin’ to do what’s right.” He blushed and kept his eyes on the horizon.”
― C.M. Raymond, Darkness Rises

“the surprise of tears striking her eyes. It was just about their anniversary—a year since Karl had saved her from a raging boar in the woods outside Arcadia near the tower. She let out a tiny laugh, just thinking that it hadn’t been so long ago that an animal from the brush nearly killed her. Now she was possibly the most powerful magician in Irth—depending on Ezekiel’s mood.”
― C.M. Raymond, Reborn