Ava Morgyn > Quotes

“It’s no longer the loss of the person you mourn, but the loss of the haunt.”
― Ava Morgyn, Resurrection Girls

“We don’t fear men in this house,” she tells me. “Men fear us.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“The good days dot my memory like sand dollars on the beach. Prizes to collect, dead as they are.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“The world as we know it has long festered a hatred for women”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“Every other step is agonizing”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“Or maybe I’ll live alone, able to make my own decisions about everything from what sweater to wear to what car to buy. But it will be mine, and that’s what matters.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“A very little poison can do a world of good. It’s all about how you apply it.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“She smiles in the soft light. “We don’t fear men in this house,” she tells me. “Men fear us.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“I know my place, and it was never at a man’s side.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“If history has taught us anything, it is this—powerful men never tire of abusing their positions.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“You died to an illusion of weakness,” Bella says to me”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“But I am forever trying to get gold stars”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“We are a family of crows,” she told me. “Don’t forget that. The other children you know, they’re hawks or sparrows, doves or starlings. But you, dear girl, are a crow. Do you know what sets a crow apart?” I shook my head. “Crows feed on what others can’t.” She stared down at me. “Including other birds.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“We’re not interested in fair in this family. We are interested in justice.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“You play a valued and important role in our family. Never forget it.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“And we always have Bart,” she adds with humor. “Though”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“They never die; they never rot. The Bones can never leave their lot. So never stray onto their coil, or you’ll become their blood and soil.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Witches of Bone Hill

“It’s like I always say, a very little poison can do a world of good.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“He doesn’t rush to make it right or alter my feelings. He just sits beside me”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“Maybe I’m no good for men anymore. Maybe I never was.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“I will not be set aside”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“I place my nose on top of the Lab’s head and breathe in deep. He smells like comfort.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“I am surrounded by women far deadlier than I, women whose understanding and experience of our gifts outweigh my own.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch

“It might be safer,” I tell her truthfully. I don’t expect Henry to come looking for me, but two years with him has taught me to always look over my shoulder. She smiles in the soft light. “We don’t fear men in this house,” she tells me. “Men fear us.”
― Ava Morgyn, The Bane Witch