Rachel Griffin > Quotes

“Be wary of those who will let you apologize for who you are.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Autumn is its own kind of magic; it reminds us of the beauty in letting go.” —A Season for Everything”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Realizing you love someone is like noticing you have a sunburn- you don't know exactly when it happened, just that you were too exposed for too long.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“But I like winter. Winter is the truest of the seasons. It’s what remains after everything else is stripped away. The leaves fall. The colors fade. The branches get brittle. And if you can love the earth, understand it when all the beauty is gone and see it for what it is, that’s magic.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Words are power. Use them.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“There are as many kinds of love as there are stars in the sky.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Never let anyone make you feel bad about the things you’re capable of. Some will insist you step into the shadows to make them more comfortable. But I’ll tell you a secret: there’s enough light for us all.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“She was vulnerable and honest when she should have been distant and suspicious. She should have protected herself. But she opened herself up like one of my grimoires, and I read every page, every sentence, until she became my favorite book.”
― Rachel Griffin, Bring Me Your Midnight

“You have to believe you're worthy of the life you want. If you don't believe that, who else will?”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Plants have a way of discerning between good and bad. They will not grow and bloom for just anyone.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Autumn is the Earth just before it falls asleep.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“But that’s the thing about anxiety, it doesn’t care if something is rational or not. It takes hold of your mind and squeezes tighter and tighter until it can’t be ignored, demanding your undivided attention. It turns from insignificant to all-consuming in the span of a breath, a fog so thick it’s impossible to see through, and no amount of breathing or counting or visualizing undoes it.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“I would set the world on fire just to see your face. That’s what I’m afraid of.”
― Rachel Griffin, Bring Me Your Midnight

“if you can love the earth, understand it when all the beauty is gone and see it for what it is, that’s magic.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“If spring is a whispered promise that everything can be made new, autumn is a brilliant sacrifice born of love. Because if the autumn did not love the spring, it would not fall to winter just so the spring could rise.” —A Season for Everything”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“That’s the problem with letting someone see your insides: they still know your secrets long after the relationship ends. They still know exactly what to say to hurt you.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“Missing someone is just a form of grief. Grieving that they’re gone, grieving that they’re too far away, grieving that you’ll never see them again. Whatever kind of grief it is, the missing is just a symptom of it.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“...the most beautiful things are wild.”
― Rachel Griffin, Bring Me Your Midnight

“I am the cosmos and energy and matter of the universe held perfectly together with skin and bone.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“She said I was her ocean. When we started dating, she said she wanted to drown in me. I wanted to drown in her too.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“I think about Sang’s sleeping orange and how maybe that’s all anyone really wants: to be seen by another person, to be validated even when we work so hard to hide certain parts of ourselves. Maybe especially then.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“I lie down on my back and look up at the stars, thousands of white lights in a sea of darkness. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by it all, the vastness of this life, the absolute miracle it is that I exist in this moment in time. How much magic is out in the universe, stretching beyond what the eye can see, reaching distances the mind can’t even comprehend?”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“Trusting people is hard. Trusting no one is harder.” —A Season for Everything”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“I like to breathe the salty air and feel the rocks under my feet, listen as the waves roll over the shore over and over again.”
― Rachel Griffin, Bring Me Your Midnight

“What is coincidence if not a subtle form of magic?”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“But I don’t mind the rain. I never have.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“Now I wonder if he taught me that because he resented magic. That’s one of the worst casualties of being hurt by someone who was never supposed to hurt you: you start to question all the beautiful things that led up to the ugliness, start to wonder if some of the moments you thought were perfect were actually painted with a dirty brush.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“You should never feel like you have to make excuses or apologize for who you are.”
― Rachel Griffin, The Nature of Witches

“You looked…free,” he finally says. “Wild.” He pauses, and his gaze falls to the ground. “Beautiful.”
― Rachel Griffin, Wild Is the Witch

“Hope paves the way for wanting things that were never part of the plan.”
― Rachel Griffin, Bring Me Your Midnight