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“I will never be powerless again. Whatever it takes. Whatever.”

“Better to reign in Hel , then to serve in
Heav’n.”
—Milton, Paradise Lost (Book I)”

“Smallish sects of beings, of which Faery is certainly one, require enemies to give them purpose.
Think on Milton’s angels. Was not his God wise in giving them a devil to fight?”

“You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want”

“Nothing but hard work gets anyone anywhere. Even then, people don’t get what they want. People just suffer, and no one knows why they suffer”

“For beauty is nothing
but the beginning of terror we can just
barely endure,
and we admire it so because it calmly disdains
to destroy us.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke, “The First Elegy,” Duino Elegies Corny

“When you do magic, there are two stages: focus and surrender. Surrender is the part that so many do not understand.
“To do magic, you must focus on what it is you want to do, then let go of the energy and trust it to do your bidding”

“I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstasy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and they thrash in your hands as though with an excess of passion.” Lol a kelpie

“Heed the warning of your shattered eggshel . Where you go, chaos and discord wil fol ow.”
“What does that mean?”
The Thistlewitch smiled. “Time wil tel . It always does”