Emma L. Adams > Quotes

“There's a reason I'm not a diplomat,' I said, 'I'm better at stabbing things than negotiation.'" - Ivy Lane”
― Emma L. Adams, Faerie Magic

“A voice spoke. It sounded like a lion would speak, if it could talk.
I WARNED YOU!
In a way that would probably have been comic to watch, Lucinda and I turned, slowly, to see Spider the cat sitting between us and the door.
‘The cat just spoke,’ said Lucinda blankly.
‘I know,’ I said.
‘Cats don’t talk.’
‘I know that, too.’
I’m not a cat. And I told you to stay away from here.”
― Emma L. Adams, The Puppet Spell

“Telephone is a game we mortals play in school. One person whispers a sentence in another person's ear, and by the time it makes it through the whole class and to the original speaker it is a different sentence entirely. It's a game used to teach us how gossiping about people can result in false rumors. If the stories behind the myths were true, the written accounts of them are misconstrued by years and years of oral storytelling changing the details."   One”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“Shades are different from ghosts because a ghost is just the shadow of someone who lived in the past marking a place, whereas a shade is the spirit of a person that’s left its body prematurely, usually during tragic and untimely deaths.”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“I couldn’t imagine not reading.”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“Gatekeeper between mortal and spirit worlds, but her problems are just beginning. The source of her magic remains as shrouded in mystery as her family's past, while the necromancers are keen to recruit her as one of their own. And then there's River, the tempting faerie-necromancer, placed in charge of her training. Keeping her abilities quiet seems impossible with wraiths haunting her every step, let alone an estranged family member with a secret of his own appearing on the doorstep. When a dark evil sets its sights on her family, it'll take everything Ilsa has to lay the spirit to rest before she ends up six feet under—”
― Emma L. Adams, Hereditary Curse

“Power corrupts more than any sin. When you have it, you think you are invincible and stop thinking about your actions, let alone the consequences of those actions. You take the power for granted and cease considering who is harmed by your actions and your demands."   He”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“Maybe because blind faith is much easier than witnessing magic first hand.   Kat”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“And I, idiot older sister that I was, caved every single time. Older by ten minutes, but still. “Keep an eye out for trouble,” I told her, and went to the shed in search of a shovel.”
― Emma L. Adams, Hereditary Magic

“I’ve left you alone for a day, which means you’ve likely got yourself into trouble.” “He’s”
― Emma L. Adams, Faerie Blood

“You can't allow the past to rule your present."   "Says”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic

“Get out!” Hazel screamed, hurling a container of salt. I jumped into the hallway to avoid being hit, and the salt canister struck the zombie in the face. He went down, hard, his skin dissolving as the salt ate away at the necromantic magic keeping him standing. Reanimates, otherwise known as undead or zombies, weren’t conscious beings, but they were tenacious, especially in large numbers. Luckily, this one seemed to have come alone.”
― Emma L. Adams, Hereditary Magic

“I’d been here an hour and had burned through my patience when it came to rowdy vamps playing drinking games and knocking glasses over. Whoever thought vampires were a bunch of ancient stiffs had never been to the Royal Arms at Happy Hour.”
― Emma L. Adams, Celestial Magic

“there’s a notebook. Cori and I… our histories are kind of blank. My first memory is of both of us arriving in London when I was twelve and Cori was five.”
― Emma L. Adams, Alight

“everything could live in harmony if the right balance was achieved,”
― Emma L. Adams, Paranormal Magic