Cate Tiernan Quotes

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• 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.

  Cate Tiernan

  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind," I said, busily opening cans.

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  Kitchen, Blind, Looking Good

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Book of Shadows: Book One”, p.13, Penguin

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• There are no coincidences. And everything means something.

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  Mean, Coincidence

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Blood Witch: Book Three”, p.38, Penguin

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• Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.

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  Smart, Stupid, Safe

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• I don't love you. But I see the value of you, the incredible worth of you, more than anyone I've ever known.

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  Love You, Incredibles, Known

  Cate Tiernan (2006). “A Necklace of Water #4”, p.35, Penguin

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• Robbie turned to the house again. "Got a flashlight?" "Of course not." I smirked. "That would make me too well prepared, wouldn't it?

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  House, Flashlights, Wells

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Blood Witch: Book Three”, p.105, Penguin

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• Stay here!" he commanded me, then he raced off after Cal. I stopped for just a moment. Then I ran after them.

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  Moments, Ran

  Cate Tiernan (2007). “Blood Witch: Book Three”, p.123, Penguin

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• I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling my earth roots, la la la... All I can is describe the way it felt. And that was how it felt. So sue me. Was I swaying? I felt like I might be swaying.

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  Roots, Feelings, Earth

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• I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

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  Should Have, Rivers, Challenges

  Cate Tiernan (2011). “Immortal Beloved (Book One): Immortal Beloved: Book One”, p.313, Hachette UK

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