“ Have you ever seen a god laugh? It makes you catch your breath and feel hopeful and shivery and excited all at the same time. That's how it was watching Cal. Cate Tiernan
“ Because you are in the middle of becoming who you will be. It isn't going to be easy. You may need help. So feel free to ask us for it. Cate Tiernan
“ Please, please be some sex-starved nutcase who wants to kidnap me and make me your love slave, I begged silently. Cate Tiernan
“ 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… Cate Tiernan
“ Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one's life," Asher said. "A day is made of a thousand decisions, most small, some huge.… Cate Tiernan
“ 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 t… Cate Tiernan
“ He gave a hard smile and the oxygen in my lungs evaporated. “Weboth 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… Cate Tiernan
“ I'm here by choice, I reminded myself. I'm here because I can't bear to be not- here anymore. I'm here because I can't tell right from wrong, light from dark. I'm here because I can't stand being me.… Cate Tiernan
“ I looked deeply into the fire, and the timeless, eternal dance of colors I saw there was so beautiful, I wanted to cry. Cal's deep voice floated toward me as clearly as a whisper in a tunnel, as if hi… Cate Tiernan
“ Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick... Cate Tiernan
“ There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose. Cate Tiernan
“ The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death. Cate Tiernan
“ No, officer, I have no idea why I'm wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad."-Nastasya Cate Tiernan
“ 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 wer… Cate Tiernan
“ Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I'd felt like a lake. A lake where everyh… Cate Tiernan
“ I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me - I cared about myself. I wanted me to live a better life, too Caring about myself was allowing me to… Cate Tiernan
“ Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat."I grinned. "I've noticed."Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. "It's an equestrian term.""Really? I thought yo… Cate Tiernan
