Ritual Magic Quotes

“The circle that they drew was laid with fresh petals from the cherry tree on a bed of salt...”
― Mahvesh Murad, The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories

“Feelings are not always a guide to truth, and guilt is an indulgence you cannot afford. It clouds the mind.”
― Eileen Wilks, Ritual Magic

“This...all this, the room, the people here,the odd little pairs and groups they'd formed, the ways each was finding to connect the others... this was what she fought for. For these people, yes. And for moments like this, punctuated by coffee or tea, with a baby on one man's shoulder and a saint humming over the fireplace... everyone gathered together to work toward their common goal. She fought for them, and for people she'd never met and never would, people who deserved a chance to make their own moments, built from their own flawed choices, with the people they found.”
― Eileen Wilks, Ritual Magic

“His candle began to flicker rhythmically as if someone blew on it from a distance.”
― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“The gods are jealous and men are fools.”
― Marc Gascoigne, Shadowmaster

“I want to put joy into the world. I want to help my friends, to build a future for my daughter. This is the time to put aside those things that try to hold us down. Time to say goodbye to the dead, and to celebrate the living. Everything is ready now: candles from the market, lined up in wine-bottle holders; incense from my own supply, ready to sweeten the troubled air. My mother's cards in their sandalwood box. And a dozen little red sachets, made from scavenged scarlet silk, one for every month in the year, and filled with a combination of herbs: lavender for peace of mind; marigold, for friendship; strawberry leaf for good fortune; hawthorn for protection; mandrake for power; cedar for strength; and in each, a scrap of paper with a secret invocation to the dead: a prayer for future prosperity; a light against the darkness.”
― Joanne Harris, Vianne