Bethany Baptiste > Quotes

“When you hold someone tight to protect them, you might be hurting them.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“I dedicate this book to all my haters. I only got this far outta spite.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Please, come in.” Venus made a sweeping gesture of the kitchen. “While you’re here, would you like something to drink? Bleach? Drain cleaner?”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Venus mulled over the word leverage. She'd always known she was a cog in a giant machine, but if a single cog no longer did its job, then the machine would grind to a halt.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER TWELVE Sister Nature gifts the wonders one can see and Sister Magick bestows wonders one cannot believe with one’s eyes. —A witcher proverb”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Fighting against the system is like going against a house of cards. The deck will always be stacked against you!”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Death changes something in you. You die in a way. It sours any of your sweetness. It paints your heart black.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Has history taught us nothing? Old worlds must be burned for new worlds to rise. You cannot want a revolution and fear its fire. Everything must burn. —Malik Jenkins, WASP cofounder”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Love operates on a spectrum of eight kinds.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Accept that you’re not the same person you were, but don’t pity yourself. Self-pity doesn’t turn back time. That’s like being trapped in a cage while life goes on,”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER FIFTEEN My daughter is named after the Roman goddess of love because I wanted her to know love can exist in this cruel world. I don’t want her to see the world through rose-colored glasses. I want her to feel loved and love who she chooses. —Darius Knox, WASP cofounder”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Only one person ever called her that. A person who was also on her two-person-long it’s-on-motherfucking-sight list.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER SIXTEEN Sacrifice tells us much about ourselves. If you sacrifice for others, you’re a treasure. If others only sacrifice for you, you’re nothing more than a thief. —Malik Jenkins, WASP cofounder”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Old Venus would’ve swallowed them down and minded her business, but New Venus was petty, angry, and reckless.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER SEVENTEEN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR EXTRACTION: Dines alone at Micah’s every Monday and Wednesday evening with a 7 p.m. reservation. On rare occasions dines with wife Elena Tillery-Hoage. He enjoys his drink. Exploit this by any means necessary. —Excerpt from Target Profile of Senator Edward Hoage”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Healthy Glow (Trinary-Note) This potion’s purpose is to ensure or maintain a healthy aura. A well-balanced aura generates the reliability of a Drinker’s magick if witcher or enhances the overall condition of physical, emotional, and willpower, thereby heightening aura intensity if human. The potion’s effects wear off in extreme stress situations. Caution the Patron for—”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE OPPORTUNE TIME FOR EXTRACTION: Out of the country with wife for wedding anniversary. Nephew Tanner Jensen will do. A part of a five-person ultraviolent Iron Watch faction called the Iron Hand that congregates on weeknights. Use violence if necessary. —Excerpt from Target Profile of Senator Martha Westbay”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Because familiars are mostly stoical beings with a pain immunity, there’s a belief they lack feeling entirely. This is incorrect. Familiars possess emotions, amusements, disappointments, desires, and fears. They do not fear death itself as they’ve already died once. If a familiar perishes, only the fruit of their loyalty remains. —The Familiar Manual, 2009 Edition”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER THIRTY Your familiar’s distrust is a gift, not a curse Listen to it well or be unprepared for the worst —A witcher proverb”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“As for Venus, the universe played in her face by making her a magnet for negative emotions.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“CHAPTER NINE A deviation is a contaminated volatile form of a witcher’s calling due to severe trauma. In some cases, this mutated magic can temporarily infect and manipulate witchers and humans alike. —Witchery Hierarchy: An Introduction to Witcher Society”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“As a species, witchers are very social creatures. Their innate tendency to gather makes them dangerous to humans. Their magic and sense of belonging strengthen as they increase in numbers. They will always protect each other when threatened. —Witcher Hierarchy: An Introduction to Witcher Society”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“All witchers possessed two things: a birthright and a calling.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“most demanded product was her peitho potions to incite a drinker’s love for an idea.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“White lilies said sympathy. White roses whispered reverence for the dead.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“You passed a phone booth in the hallway. It’s home to the Black Book, a phonebook for every need and greed you desire. Step inside and search for the Love Witcher,” he instructed, flicking the coin.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Behind”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“For what your seed tilled has levied a cost. If led down a garden path, do not get lost.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink

“Sometimes, she got clients who wanted philautia potions to learn how to love themselves again.”
― Bethany Baptiste, The Poisons We Drink