“Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.”
―
Sangu Mandanna,
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“It’s not always enough to go looking for the place we belong. Sometimes we need to make that place.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“If you expect the worse, you're only denying someone a chance to be better” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“But maybe that's what the dead do. They stay. They linger. Benign and sweet and painful. They don't need us. They echo all by themselves.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall. I can’t step off the ledge for you. It’s something only you can do.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“You,” he says, before the door closes all the way. “I often dream of you.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“What is this power the dead have over the ones they leave behind? It's strange and beautiful and frightening, this deathless love that human being continue to feel for the ones they've lost.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“I can’t transform the world, Jamie. The world’s too big and too messy and too stubborn.”“Who said anything about transforming the world?” He shrugged. “What about just making it a little better? And then a little better? And then a little more, until, one day, maybe long after we’re gone, it has transformed?” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Alone is how—”“—is how we survive, yes, you’ve said. I can’t say whether that’s true or not, but one thing I do know is that alone is not how we live.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Lillian sounds like she’s more nice than she is kind. Does that make sense? Niceness is good manners, and stopping to give someone directions, and smiling at the overworked cashier at the supermarket. These are all good things, but they have nothing to do with what’s underneath. Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“You exist by the Weavers' grace. Only as long as you are what they expect of you. Do not understand how fragile that is? But if you replace your other, you might be safe. You might make your familiars happy, and then they will always keep you. So if only for my sake, child, hope that happens.""I don't wish for her to die!""Then I will wish it," she replies ruthlessly.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“Danger rarely wore a monstrous face and a wielded a pitchfork. No, danger came most often in the form of nice people whose niceness only went so deep, who saved their niceness for people exactly like them, who believed they were more deserving of power and respect than anyone who was a little bit different.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Trust is earned.""It is. But that’s only possible if someone’s willing to give you a chance.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Mika looked away. “I’m afraid I’ll never leave a mark on anybody.”It was quiet for so long that Mika wished she could take the too-reckless, too-honest words back, but then she heard him, rough and uneven and so quiet she almost missed it:“It’s a little late for that, I’m afraid.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.” His hand slips to the back of my neck, skimming over my Mark, and stops in my hair. He leans down and kisses my forehead. I long to reach up, close my fingers over his arm, keep him here. He pulls away but not by much. His mouth lingers on my forehead and then, as if with an effort, he straightens.“Want him,” he says, his face hidden in shadow, “not me. He’d love you more than I could.”Then he leaves me alone.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“That's how I feel every single day," he say brokenly. "Every day, Eva. Your life is dangling by a thread. And I'm scrabbling to hold on, but it keeps slipping through my fingers.I'm here because I can't stand not to be. It's not some big noble sacrifice. I want to be here. I don't like the world without you. I need you to be alive.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“It’s not always enough to go looking for the place we belong. Sometimes we need to make that place.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“If you expect the worse, you're only denying someone a chance to be better” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“But maybe that's what the dead do. They stay. They linger. Benign and sweet and painful. They don't need us. They echo all by themselves.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall. I can’t step off the ledge for you. It’s something only you can do.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“You,” he says, before the door closes all the way. “I often dream of you.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“What is this power the dead have over the ones they leave behind? It's strange and beautiful and frightening, this deathless love that human being continue to feel for the ones they've lost.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“I can’t transform the world, Jamie. The world’s too big and too messy and too stubborn.”“Who said anything about transforming the world?” He shrugged. “What about just making it a little better? And then a little better? And then a little more, until, one day, maybe long after we’re gone, it has transformed?” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Alone is how—”“—is how we survive, yes, you’ve said. I can’t say whether that’s true or not, but one thing I do know is that alone is not how we live.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Lillian sounds like she’s more nice than she is kind. Does that make sense? Niceness is good manners, and stopping to give someone directions, and smiling at the overworked cashier at the supermarket. These are all good things, but they have nothing to do with what’s underneath. Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“You exist by the Weavers' grace. Only as long as you are what they expect of you. Do not understand how fragile that is? But if you replace your other, you might be safe. You might make your familiars happy, and then they will always keep you. So if only for my sake, child, hope that happens.""I don't wish for her to die!""Then I will wish it," she replies ruthlessly.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“Danger rarely wore a monstrous face and a wielded a pitchfork. No, danger came most often in the form of nice people whose niceness only went so deep, who saved their niceness for people exactly like them, who believed they were more deserving of power and respect than anyone who was a little bit different.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Trust is earned.""It is. But that’s only possible if someone’s willing to give you a chance.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“Mika looked away. “I’m afraid I’ll never leave a mark on anybody.”It was quiet for so long that Mika wished she could take the too-reckless, too-honest words back, but then she heard him, rough and uneven and so quiet she almost missed it:“It’s a little late for that, I’m afraid.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.” His hand slips to the back of my neck, skimming over my Mark, and stops in my hair. He leans down and kisses my forehead. I long to reach up, close my fingers over his arm, keep him here. He pulls away but not by much. His mouth lingers on my forehead and then, as if with an effort, he straightens.“Want him,” he says, his face hidden in shadow, “not me. He’d love you more than I could.”Then he leaves me alone.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“That's how I feel every single day," he say brokenly. "Every day, Eva. Your life is dangling by a thread. And I'm scrabbling to hold on, but it keeps slipping through my fingers.I'm here because I can't stand not to be. It's not some big noble sacrifice. I want to be here. I don't like the world without you. I need you to be alive.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Lost Girl
“We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there.” ― Sangu Mandanna, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
