Alethea Kontis Quotes

• First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

  Alethea Kontis

  Firsts, Flukes, Coincidence

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.240, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted them off on his fingers. "Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.

  Alethea Kontis

  Taken, Fighting, Men

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.

  Alethea Kontis

  People, Tears, Together

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• For some heroes, nothing is impossible

  Alethea Kontis

  Hero, Impossible, Nothing Is Impossible

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.113, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I have lived a life full of love and pain, of Joy and Sorrow, and I live on still. i have many, many years ahead of me, each day with the potential to be filled to the brim with trials to face and challenges to overcome.

  Alethea Kontis

  Pain, Years, Joy

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• If you did not indulge in fantasies, how else would you know if you were living an interesting life?

  Alethea Kontis

  Indulge In, Interesting, Fantasy

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.32, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.

  Alethea Kontis

  Dwelling, People, Stories

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.110, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete

  Alethea Kontis

  Laughing, Needed, Feels

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Your fey cousin here has the miraculous ability to hold his liquor--and mine, and yours, and the king's, and half the country's, I expect.

  Alethea Kontis

  Country, Cousin, Kings

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.238, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

  Alethea Kontis

  Interesting, Good Times, Bad Times

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.214, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

  Alethea Kontis

  Looks, Stories, Answers

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.228, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Kindred’s tale is a romantic, mature, and lyrical collage of heaven, hell, and a magical royal legend. The combination is divinely—and demonically—inspired.

  Alethea Kontis

  Heaven, Legends, Royal

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• Everything to lose, nothing to lose, someone's taken it, or you've lost it.

  Alethea Kontis

  Taken, Nothing To Lose, Lost

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.100, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes Rumbold-- You've m-met her? Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble

  Alethea Kontis

  Sunshine, Hair, Names

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• Normal is all relative.

  Alethea Kontis

  Normal, Relative

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.

  Alethea Kontis

  Thinking, Idiot, Rage

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.240, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

  Alethea Kontis

  Creativity, Essence, World

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No," Wednesday agreed. "You have tortured with silence. You let her grieve for a soul she did not lose, mourn a heart that should not have broken, and berate herself for betraying the man she loves...with the man she loves. It can't be 'true' love without the truth, Rumbold.

  Alethea Kontis

  Broken Heart, Men, Grieving

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.244, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it

  Alethea Kontis

  Believe, Sunday, Want

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.121, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be

  Alethea Kontis

  Men, Hands

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.130, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories

  Alethea Kontis

  Stories, Were Meant To Be, Be Good

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.140, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

  Alethea Kontis

  Wise, Blessed, Angel

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.243, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.

  Alethea Kontis

  Scar, Born Again, Heal

  "Enchanted". Book by Alethea Kontis, 2012.

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• Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

  Alethea Kontis

  Sometimes, Hmm, Wisest

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It can't be 'true' love without the truth

  Alethea Kontis

  Being True

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