“It was always wise to be polite to books, whether or not they could hear you.”
―
Margaret Rogerson,
Sorcery of Thorns
“Knowledge always has the potential to be dangerous. It is a more powerful weapon than any sword or spell.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“You like this place?""Of course I do. It has books in it.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“When terrible things have happened to you, sometimes the promise of something good can be just as frightening.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“She now understood that the world wasn’t kind to young women, especially when they behaved in ways men didn’t like, and spoke truths that men weren’t ready to hear.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“I love you, too," she said. Nathaniel's brow furrowed. He turned his face to the side and blinks several times. "Thank God," he said finally. "I don't think unrequited love would have suited me. I might have started writing poetry.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“God, Elisabeth, I've been doomed since the moment I watched you smack a fiend off my carriage with a crowbar. How could you not tell? Silas has been rolling his eyes at me for weeks.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Books, too, had hearts, though they were not the same as people's, and a book's heart could be broken: she had seen it happen before. Grimoires that refused to open, their voices gone silent, or whose ink faded and bled across the pages like tears.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“No. You surpass us all." Beside me she looked colorless and frail. "You are like a living rose among wax flowers. We may last forever, but you bloom brighter and smell sweeter, and draw blood with your thorns.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“The ability to feel is a strength, not a weakness.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“You belonged in the library, as much as any book.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“I knew you talked to books. I didn't realize they listened.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Ink and parchment flowed through her veins. The magic of the Great Libraries lived in her very bones. They were a part of her, and she a part of them.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Isobel, I love you wholly. I love you eternally. I love you so dearly it frightens me. I fear I could not live without you. I could see your face every morning upon waking for a thousand years and still look forward to the next as though it were the first.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“Ah, but you were not a pawn. All along, you have been the queen.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“Walking along a blade’s edge was only fun until the blade stopped being a metaphor.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“...there is always more than one way to see the world. Those who claim otherwise would have you dwell forever in the dark.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“You unmanageable, contrary creature. You have made me believe in something at last. It feels as wretched as I imagined.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Knowledge always has the potential to be dangerous. It is a more powerful weapon than any sword or spell.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“You like this place?""Of course I do. It has books in it.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“When terrible things have happened to you, sometimes the promise of something good can be just as frightening.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“She now understood that the world wasn’t kind to young women, especially when they behaved in ways men didn’t like, and spoke truths that men weren’t ready to hear.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“I love you, too," she said. Nathaniel's brow furrowed. He turned his face to the side and blinks several times. "Thank God," he said finally. "I don't think unrequited love would have suited me. I might have started writing poetry.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“God, Elisabeth, I've been doomed since the moment I watched you smack a fiend off my carriage with a crowbar. How could you not tell? Silas has been rolling his eyes at me for weeks.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Books, too, had hearts, though they were not the same as people's, and a book's heart could be broken: she had seen it happen before. Grimoires that refused to open, their voices gone silent, or whose ink faded and bled across the pages like tears.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“No. You surpass us all." Beside me she looked colorless and frail. "You are like a living rose among wax flowers. We may last forever, but you bloom brighter and smell sweeter, and draw blood with your thorns.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“The ability to feel is a strength, not a weakness.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“You belonged in the library, as much as any book.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“I knew you talked to books. I didn't realize they listened.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Ink and parchment flowed through her veins. The magic of the Great Libraries lived in her very bones. They were a part of her, and she a part of them.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“Isobel, I love you wholly. I love you eternally. I love you so dearly it frightens me. I fear I could not live without you. I could see your face every morning upon waking for a thousand years and still look forward to the next as though it were the first.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“Ah, but you were not a pawn. All along, you have been the queen.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“Walking along a blade’s edge was only fun until the blade stopped being a metaphor.” ― Margaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of Ravens
“...there is always more than one way to see the world. Those who claim otherwise would have you dwell forever in the dark.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
“You unmanageable, contrary creature. You have made me believe in something at last. It feels as wretched as I imagined.” ― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns
