Shira

“I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.”
― Jane Austen

“Blue must be worn for protection. Moonstones were useful in connecting with the living, topaz to contact the dead. Copper, sacred to Venus, will call a man to you, and black tourmaline will eliminate jealousy. When it came to love, you must always be careful. If you dropped something belonging to the man you loved into a candle flame, then added pine needles and marigold flowers, he would arrive on your doorstep by morning, so you would do well to be certain you wanted him there. The most basic and reliable love potion was made from anise, rosemary, honey, and cloves boiled for nine hours on the back burner of the old stove. It had always cost $9.99 and was therefore called Love Potion Number Nine, which worked best on the ninth hour of the ninth day of the ninth month.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

“I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.”
― Anita Diamant, Good Harbor

“Do as you will, but harm no one.

What you give will be returned to you threefold.

Fall in love whenever you can.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic