Quotes of Christine Pope

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“If not you, who? If not now, when? The worst thing well-meaning people can do is simply let things remain as they are.” ― Christine Pope, The Mandala Maneuver
“We always regret the things we have not done, not the ones we actually had the courage to try.” ― Christine Pope, Dragon Rose
“like if we got to hang with Taylor Swift and the Pope, that would be a ten.” ― Christine Riccio, Again, but Better
“For the first time, I understood reality could be so much lovelier than dreams.” ― Christine Pope
“As my father always says, there’s no shame in being poor, but it can be damned inconvenient.” ― Christine Pope, Breath of Life
“He put them in that open file because no one knew where people came from when they were born and no one knew where people went when they died, and not all the Unitarian ministers and born-again Jesus-shouters and Popes and Scientologists in the world could convince Will otherwise.” ― Stephen King, Christine
“Jessica, do you want to consign me to a cheese-less future?” ― Christine Pope, Chosen
“as frail mortals we could not possibly begin to understand the true powers which controlled our world. We gave them names and demesnes in order to make them more human, but who… or what… had caused the world to come into being and ordered the kingdoms of plant and animal surely was as far beyond our comprehension as we were beyond the understanding of the insects that crawled beneath our feet.” ― Christine Pope, Tales of the Latter Kingdoms #1-3: Dragon Rose / All Fall Down / Binding Spell
“Even though she’d put” ― Christine Pope, Long Ago and Far Away: Six Fantasy Novels Inspired by Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Folklore, & Magic
“Don’t be ridiculous.” Only one of the most condescending phrases in the English language…and” ― Christine Pope, Bad Vibrations
“Our two families have been in — well, maybe not an all-out war, but definitely a cold war, for far too long. Maybe there was a reason for it once —” ― Christine Pope, The Witches of Cleopatra Hill Box Set: Volume 1
“You damn well know there was a reason,” Bryce cut in. “—But now that Connor and I are together,” I went on doggedly, “it’s silly for us to keep acting like the Hatfields and McCoys or something. You all know that Connor and I are having a baby. Well, we recently found out that it’s not just one baby. We’re having twins.” Since” ― Christine Pope, The Witches of Cleopatra Hill Box Set: Volume 1
“flippant” ― Christine Pope, The Witches of Cleopatra Hill Box Set: Volume 1
“When I thought of it that way…. I pulled in a breath, then reached out and took Simon’s hand. “Tell me what I have to do.” ― Christine Pope, The Witching Hour: 10 Enchanting Novels Featuring Witches, Wizards, Vampires, Shifters, Ghosts, Fae, and More!
“them” ― Christine Pope, The Djinn Wars #4-6: Broken / Forsaken / Forbidden
“marched to our gate, not looking behind me, but I was sure,” ― Christine Pope, Witch Ways: 20 Full-Length Novels (and 1 Novella) Featuring Witches, Wizards, Vampires, Shifters, and More!
“Want’ is kind of a strong word,” I said. “All he said was that he likes me.” “Guy code for ‘I want you,’” Rafe returned. “Trust me.” ― Christine Pope, Hidden Gifts
“The Gaians sneered at the Zhore behind their backs, calling them pacifists, as if that word were an insult, but Lirzhan did not take it as such. A peaceful solution was always best, but if one did not present itself, then so be it.” ― Christine Pope, The Mandala Maneuver
“Not magic…at least not the way people think of it nowadays. It’s only your heart seeing the important things, and telling your head. Nothing to fear. It’s a gift, such as the way you can make a few strokes of paint” ― Christine Pope, Dragon Rose
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Christine Pope

A native of Southern California, Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in the sixth grade. Many reams of dead trees later, she’s happy to announce that her debut novel, Fringe Benefits,wa…

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