Kellie Honaker’s Reviews > Magic Lessons > Status Update

A gift given to someone who wants nothing from you is worthless.

Some people grow weak when they are victimized. Others grow stronger.
And still others combine those two attributes to become dangerous.

The only cure for old age is death. There are things you cannot change. That you should not change.

“To any man who ever loves an Owens, let this curse befall you, let your fate lead to disaster, let you be broken in body and soul, and may it be that you never recover.”

A woman alone who could read and write was suspect. Words were magic. Books were not to be trusted. What men could not understand, they wished to burn.

Some creatures do not care how polite a person might be, they will hurt you for no reason, and then all you can do is heal yourself with whatever ingredients are necessary.

Want can be a hundred times stronger than need, and a thousand times stronger than common sense.

It was never a good idea to place one’s faith in someone who was by her very nature undependable. Rebecca‘s presence meant that there was trouble ahead. There was a reason she hadn’t come to see her child before now. She had other things on her mind. Love for some people was like that, easy to slip on and off.

Sorrow spoken aloud is sorrow lived through twice.