In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.

Before anything else I was a woman who was capable of passion and who had a great need and a great desire for love.

I have learned the power of surviving.

I am too dark in my heart tonight.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

He promised her that he would give her everything, everything she wanted, as men in love always do. And she trusted him despite herself, as women in love always do.

Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends.