Victoria Lamb > Quotes

“When the power falls on me, it buzzes in the warm, dark spaces of my skull. It stings like nettles at the tips of my fingers. The power is a fever I have felt since early childhood, a heat in the blood that leaves me flushed and unsteady, dreaming in daylight.”
― Victoria Lamb

“I'm looking forward to the noose. Nothing better than a good hanging.”
― Victoria Lamb

“And I must smile and dance with this man, and say nothing, for he holds the key to the prison my life has become.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchfall

“A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received.”
― Victoria Lamb

“That young man will come back for you one day, you’ll see. And if he doesn’t, there are plenty more fish in the sea.”
“Don’t…want…a…fish,” I choked.
“Of course you don’t,” she agreed soothingly. “Nasty smelly things. Now, don’t cry too hard. You’ll only make your nose red, and then if he does come to see you, he’ll think you as ugly as can be.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“Some gifts are a test, and others are a curse.” He met my eyes seriously. “Which is yours?”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“So you are happy to die for England, thief?” His voice was grim as he addressed Malcolm across the sunlit ford. “Draw your sword, and meet me. Your wish is about to come true.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“Honour thy father and thy mother. I wondered why God would enforce such an impossible commandment when He must know how many unworthy fathers crawled on the face of the earth.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“My name is Alejandro de Castillo, Master Lytton. The rest need not concern you, though you may rest assured that your daughter is perfectly safe in my company.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“Alejandro wheeled his sweating horse violently about to face the two other men. He would have looked like a devil in his black jacket if it had not been for the ornate silver cross swinging about his neck. Without taking his eyes from them, Alejandro drew his sword of Spanish steel.”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck

“I had not imagined the contempt in his voice before. “What, are you the virgin sacrifice?”
― Victoria Lamb, Witchstruck