His full name is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont. He was also a very good Sebastien, and a passable Gabriel. He hates Bertrand and will not answer to Philippe.
Deborah HarknessSe Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.
Deborah HarknessIf the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.
Deborah HarknessMatthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires werenโt the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witchโs mind.
Deborah Harkness