An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?”
“No. You surpass us all." Beside me she looked colorless and frail. "You are like a living rose among wax flowers. We may last forever, but you bloom brighter and smell sweeter, and draw blood with your thorns.”
“The ability to feel is a strength, not a weakness.”
“Ah, but you were not a pawn. All along, you have been the queen.”
“Isobel, I love you wholly. I love you eternally. I love you so dearly it frightens me. I fear I could not live without you. I could see your face every morning upon waking for a thousand years and still look forward to the next as though it were the first.”
“Walking along a blade’s edge was only fun until the blade stopped being a metaphor.”
“Isobel. Isobel, listen. The teapot is of no consequence. I can defeat anyone, at any time.”
“Are you in love with me?" I blurted out. A terrible silence followed. Rook didn't turn around. "Please say something." He rounded on me. "Is that so terrible? You say it as though it's the most awful thing you can imagine. It isn't as though I've done it on purpose. Somehow I've even grown fond of your - your irritating questions, and your short legs, and your accidental attempts to kill me." I recoiled. "That's the worst declaration of love I've ever heard!”
“Frankly, I had no idea how anyone knew if they were in love in the first place. Was there ever a single thread a person could pick out from the knot and say “Yes—I am in love—here’s the proof!” or was it always caught up in a wretched tangle of ifs and buts and maybes?”
“When the world failed me, I could always lose myself in my work.”
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