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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
“As a man of God I disapprove, but as a mere man, well...I wonder sometimes where the first witch came from. If perhaps Adam deserved Eve's curse. If behind every witch is a woman wronged.”
― The Once and Future Witches
― The Once and Future Witches
“maleficae quondam, maleficaeque futurae
witches once and witches in the future”
― The Once and Future Witches
witches once and witches in the future”
― The Once and Future Witches
“What are?” Juniper’s eyes reflect the bronze shine of Saint George’s standing in the square. “Witching and women’s rights. Suffrage and spells. They’re both…” She gestures in midair again. “They’re both a kind of power, aren’t they? The kind we aren’t allowed to have.” The kind I want, says the hungry shine of her eyes.”
― The Once and Future Witches
― The Once and Future Witches
“She’s surprised to feel a pang of pity for them: they thought they were in the kind of story where the wicked witches were caught and burned at the end, where all the little children were tucked safely into bed with the smell of smoke in their hair. It must be upsetting to discover themselves in the kind of story where the witches make friends with the flames instead, where they snap their chains and laugh up at the stars with sharp teeth.”
― The Once and Future Witches
― The Once and Future Witches
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