L.C. Mortimer > Quotes

“It mattered far less whether someone was a fairy or an angel or a demon. Those were just quarter notes in the sheet music of our lives. The real song was how we’d use the things we learned here, during this time, to shape the world around us.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“I focused, exerting all of my energy into the way I whispered the words. The way you spoke was nearly as important as the actual words that you uttered. That had been difficult for me to learn. You could say a spell perfectly and pronounce each word correctly, but if you didn’t have passion or energy when you did it, the spell would be useless.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two

“With a step. The first one was always the scariest. I knew that. Everyone knew that. If you could do it, though, if you could take that first dangerous step, then all of the other steps would seem easy in comparison.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“Not a problem, my dear,” she said. I knew she meant it. I was thankful for the journal. If Erin said it was something that I’d find useful, then she was probably right. Erin usually was. She was smart, clever, and witty, I’d discovered, and she was so much funnier than anyone else I’d ever known. It had been a good summer. We’d spent months reading my grandmother’s notes and we’d found out a ton of information about what she had been researching.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two

“Hey, congrats! What’s the baby’s name?” “Wizard,” Henry said. “They named their baby Wizard?”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two

“But Mémère never told me why my parents had died. She never told me what she was working on. And she never explained why so much of our lives had been a secret.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“They wanted you to learn, so they’d do everything in their power to help you.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two

“You’re not in trouble,” she said. “But I do think you have earned yourself a wand. Let’s go get it, shall we?”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“Are you okay?” Henry asked, but when I looked at him, he was trying not to laugh. Irritation nipped at me.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two

“A mystery the box may hold But never will it burst.”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“My parents had ensured that no magic user could find me. What if that also meant I couldn’t use magic at all? What if the warding spell meant magic couldn’t find me?”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year One

“Why did witches love their secrets so much? Perhaps most importantly, why didn’t witches see a problem with withholding information?”
― L.C. Mortimer, Hybrid Academy: Year Two