Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.

Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.

Ni muer ni viu ni no guaris, Ni mal no·m sent e si l’ai gran, Quar de s’amor no suy devis, Ni no sai si ja n’aurai ni quan, Qu’en lieys es tota le mercés Que·m pot sorzer o decazer.” “Not dying nor living nor healing, there is no pain in my sickness, for I am not kept from her love. I don’t know if I will ever have it, for all the mercy that makes me flourish or decay is in her power.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.

It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.

there’s nothing more powerful than human fear—not magic, not vampire strength. Nothing.