“If you keep acting like an idiot and don't get yourself straight, someone's gonna get HURT because of it.”
― The Life of Captain Marvel #1
― The Life of Captain Marvel #1
“He came to me, after you were gone. Master Kell.”
Lila’s eyes widened. “What for?”
“To pay the debt for your clothes.”
Her mood darkened. “I can pay my own debts,” she snapped, “and Kell knows it.”
Calla smiled. “That is what I told him. And he went away. But a week later, he came back, and made the same offer. He comes every week.”
“Bastard,” mumbled Lila, but the merchant shook her head.
“Don’t you see?” said Calla. “He wasn’t coming to pay your debt. He was coming to see if you’d returned to pay it yourself.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
Lila’s eyes widened. “What for?”
“To pay the debt for your clothes.”
Her mood darkened. “I can pay my own debts,” she snapped, “and Kell knows it.”
Calla smiled. “That is what I told him. And he went away. But a week later, he came back, and made the same offer. He comes every week.”
“Bastard,” mumbled Lila, but the merchant shook her head.
“Don’t you see?” said Calla. “He wasn’t coming to pay your debt. He was coming to see if you’d returned to pay it yourself.”
― A Gathering of Shadows
“Nothing changes; we humans repeat the same sins over and over, eternally.”
― Inés of My Soul
― Inés of My Soul
“Evil does not alter easily.....”
― Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem
― Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem
“but he didn’t kid himself. Seventeen years was too long”
― While My Pretty One Sleeps
― While My Pretty One Sleeps
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