Deborah Blake > Quotes

“When you tell the children tales of the Baba Yaga on a cold winter’s night, you might remember to mention that whether or not the witch is wicked often depends on who is telling the story.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Holy crap!” he said. “That’s a big dog.” “Yes,” said Baba. “But a small dragon.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Dangerous

“He spoke!" Ivan said, eyes wide. "The dog talked! Oh my god."
"An ancient witch you can believe in, but not a talking dragon that looks like a dog?" Chudo-Yudo said, sounding slightly piqued. "Hmph. Young people today have such limited imaginations.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Who says wicked can’t be good ?”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Great Goddess, Great God, I come before you at the end of another day and thank you for the many blessings in my life. For friends and family and pets, for home and health and good food. I thank you for (the names of whichever people crossed my path that day in meaningful ways) and for (whatever good things happened or whichever not-so-great things they helped me survive.). Please help me to get a good night's sleep so I might wake in the morning refreshed and energized and ready to face another day. Watch over me and those I love. So mote it be.”
― Deborah Blake, Everyday Witchcraft: Making Time for Spirit in a Too-Busy World

“You are like the beach at dawn when the fog comes in; each of those things is lovely on its own, but together, they can be magical.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Perhaps you would be better off finding some way to embrace your new nature, instead of fighting it.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Does this dress make me fat?”
“Of course it does. Don’t you own a mirror?”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“You say wicked like it's a bad thing.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Powerful

“Pain is mostly mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Dangerous

“I don’t know about you, but I’ve got plans for next Thursday. And I’m not in the mood to have them ruined by some apocalypse.”
― Deborah Blake, Veiled Menace

“Cookies, a dragon dog, and a sword: what every well-equipped little girl takes on a journey.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Ever After

“Life has a way of changing the path you are on when you least expect it.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Her mother paused for a moment before hanging up the phone. “Watch your back, dear. Every family needs a black sheep. It would be an awful lot of trouble for us to come up with another one, should something happen to you.”
― Deborah Blake, Veiled Magic

“He came outta nowhere, and he was like Jackie Chan or something. I mean, I never saw anybody fight like that.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Liam's lips tightened. "She's only a little girl. She doesn't know anything about swords. What if she cuts herself? It's sharp, right?"
"Of course it is sharp, Liam. What would be the point ot having a sword that wasn't?”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Ever After

“God and Goddess, I greet you at the start of another day and ask that you send me the best day possible. Help me to feel my best so I might do my best for myself and for others. Send me the strength and energy to do the things I need to do, and the focus and creativity to do them well. Help me to let go of all those things that no longer work for my benefit so I might move in the direction of perfect health and perfect balance. Help the world move in a better direction, and watch over me and those I love. Please send me prosperity and healing, patience and wisdom, serenity and faith. ... So mote it be.”
― Deborah Blake, Everyday Witchcraft: Making Time for Spirit in a Too-Busy World

“Uh, hi," she said, lifting a hand in greeting.
"Hi yourself," Liam said, feeling remarkably calm, under the circumstances. "Did you just walk out of that closet?" He looked her over, taking in her unusual attire, jewels, sword, and all. She looked exotic, stunningly beautiful, and in some intangible way, more herself than he'd ever seen her.
"Nice outfit. Special occasion?" He was fairly certain she hadn't just come from a costume ball. Unless it was one that involved some kind of giant pumpkin and a fairy godmother.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Dangerous

“It might be a wild-goose chase.”
“I am quite fond of geese, myself,” Mikhail said.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Something tells me this isn't going to end well for everyone involved. Someone may get turned into a frog yet." And that was the good news.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Not very smart," Chudo-Yudo growled. "Stalking a Baba Yaga." He showed a set of sharp white teeth. "Maybe he has a death wish. I could help with that You want me to eat him?”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Chewie gave a bone-scented sigh and rubbed his jowl affectionately against her leg. "I can't tell you what to do, Beka. I can just tell you that I would be very sorry if you weren't my Baba. I've kind of gotten used to having you around."

Beka blinked back unexpected emotion. "Thanks, Chewie. That's really sweet."

He was quiet for a moment, and then said. "You know what's really sweet? S'mores, that's what." He gazed up at her with an innocent expression. "Just sayin'.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Wonderful

“Maybe it is time to get over your daddy issues and just deal with it.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Stu looked over his shoulder at the trailer. "She seems like a nice old lady, but jeez, that's a big dog."
"Yes," said Liam. "But a small dragon.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Dangerous

“Not that anyone short of God Almighty could have gotten Marcus Senior to rest and take it easy. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Wonderful

“It was hard to say which one was real – the face she showed the world during the day or the one she hid at night. Maybe neither.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine

“Donata seriously considered taking up a life of crime just so she could pay to have this coffee every morning,”
― Deborah Blake, Veiled Magic

“A Baba Yaga never breaks a promise. Legs, yes. Hearts, occasionally. But never a promise.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Magical

“Some things were only possible in fairy tales. And not the kind of fairy tales that Baba Yagas featured in; those tended not to have happy endings.”
― Deborah Blake, Wickedly Wonderful

“The taxi driver dropped them off back at the Wabasha Street Caves and drove off clutching a huge tip and muttering under his breath about dog drool on his upholstery. In return, Chudo-Yudo muttered something about taxi drivers tasting good with ketchup.”
― Deborah Blake, Dangerously Divine