Cate Tiernan Quotes

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Darkness Eyes Pain

I felt an overwhelming gratitude in my life right now and wanted a chance to acknowledge it. I felt that any thanks given to any god all went to the same place, anyway, no matter what religion you were centered in.

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Gratitude, Matter, Chance

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There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.

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Inspirational, Life, Pain

Cate Tiernan (2007). “Blood Witch: Book Three”, p.23, Penguin

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In fairy tales there's always one person who is made for one other, and they find each other and live happily ever after. Cal was my person. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect. Yet what kind of sick fairy tale would it be if he was the one made exactly right for me and I wasn't right for him?

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Perfect, Sick, Fairy Tale

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Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty

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Warrior, Men, Battle

Cate Tiernan (2007). “Book of Shadows: Book One”, p.98, Penguin

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No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different.

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Fall, Dark, Thinking

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Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.

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Fire, Hot, Lovers

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Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me.

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Powerful, Impossible, Witch

Cate Tiernan (2008). “Seeker: Book Ten”, p.24, Penguin

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It happened again this afternoon. Just the way it did that other night. We were talking--talking about how to protect her, actually--and then, suddenly, I looked at her and it was as if I'd found an entire universe in her eyes.

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Eye, Night, Talking

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Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.

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Night, Safe, Arms

Cate Tiernan (2009). “Full Circle”, p.8, Penguin

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My sister thought about it for a few moments. "Well, that's boring," she said finally. "Why can't you read porn of something fun that I could borrow?" I laughed. "Maybe later.

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Fun, Boring, Moments

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The heart that loves must one day grieve. Love and grief are the Goddess's twined gifts. Let the pain in, let it open your heart to compassion. Let me help you bear your grief and then may your heart ease and open to greater love. May the love that flows eternally through the universe embrace and comfort you. p.85

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Pain, Grief, Heart

Cate Tiernan (2008). “The Calling: Book Seven”, p.86, Penguin

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But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.

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Heart, Loving Someone, Littles

Cate Tiernan (2008). “The Calling: Book Seven”, p.31, Penguin

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What would it be like to care so little about what other people thought of you?

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People, Care, Littles

Cate Tiernan (2007). “Book of Shadows: Book One”, p.9, Penguin

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Could he actually be my muirn beatha dan?

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Years from now I'll look back and remember today as the day I met him. I'll look back and remember the exact moment my life began to include him. I will remember it forever.

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Years, Forever, Looks

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At that moment I remembered something Cal had told me: that there is beauty in darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life and death, thorns on the rose. I knew then that I could not escape pain and torment any more than I could give up joy and beauty

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Giving Up, Pain, Life And Death

Cate Tiernan (2007). “Awakening: Book Five”, p.116, Penguin

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I-just want you. I want you so bad, all the time. I know I shouldn't, I know I can't, I know it's wrong... but even when you're pissing me off, when you're reminding me of pain and despair and torture-it's there, the wanting. I'm tired of fighting it. I fight so many things, all the time, every day. I don't want to fight this. Not anymore.

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Pain, Tired, Fighting

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Then what's the point of trying if you can't even win?" "You win in lots of different ways," Asher said. "Lots of little wins. The point of this life is not to be good all the time. It's to be as good as you can. No one is perfect. No one does it right all the time. That's not what life is.

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Winning, Perfect, Trying

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Please, ground, just open up and let me fall into an endless crevasse till I hit the center of the earth and combust. Please. Is that too much to ask?

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Fall, Earth, Too Much

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He gave a hard smile and the oxygen in my lungs evaporated. “We both know I’m not a gentleman.” “Yeah. Okay, let me out. I’m tired.” “There’s something else,” he said, and I groaned. “What now?” “This.” He stepped closer to me, so close that the containers were sandwiched between us. His eyes looked down into mine, intent and golden, like a lion. “Oh, no, you don’t!” I hissed, dropping everything. I pushed hard against his chest; it was like shoving a tree. “Yes,” he said very softly, leaning down. “Yes, I do.

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Tired, Eye, Oxygen

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Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak.

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Invisibility Cloak, Invisibility, Cloaks

Cate Tiernan (2012). “Darkness Falls (Immortal Beloved Book Two): Immortal Beloved: Book Two”, p.450, Hachette UK

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I was of the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn’t give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff” school of thought.

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School, Giving, Sugar

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He seems so.. English sometimes, kind of distant or reserved, but then he'll look at me, and his eyes see right through to my soul.

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Eye, Soul, Looks

Cate Tiernan (2002). “Wicca 10: Seeker: Seeker”, p.5, Penguin UK

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David held up his hands. "Hold it. This is going nowhere. You two are both afraid, and being afraid makes you angry, and being angry makes you lash out." "Thank you, Dr. Laura," I said snippily. "I'm not afraid of her," Hunter said, like a six-year-old, and I wanted to kick him under the table. Now that I knew he was actually alive, I remembered just how unpleasant he was.

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Hands, Years, Two

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What an amazing day," Bree said, stretching in her seat. "Thanks to me and my weather charm." I said lightly. Robbie and Hunter both looked at me in alarm. "You didn't," Said Robbie. "You didn't," Said Hunter. I was enjoying this. "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Hunter looked upset. "You can't be serious!" Cahn't, I thought. Cahn too.

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Weather, Upset, Alarms

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