Pippa Goldschmidt Quotes

“I don't think she can see her husband very often, for he teaches the university students during the day, and works at the telescope at night. I wonder if she hopes for cloudy nights and then feels guilty.”

“But men are funny about their wars, they act as if they own them, and perhaps they do, for I don't think women ever start them.”

“Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the marriage functions because we will it to. If you leave love to hold everything together, you can forget it.”

“We are not so different, and yet we are worlds apart." Ahkeel/Akil, The Veil Series prequel.”

“Being human was a lot more difficult than it looked. Demon was easy. Demon was simple. Human was…terrifying." Muse”

“I'm just a wretched half-blood girl caught in a storm."Akil tasted his wine and smiled. "Muse, you are the storm.”

“Akil, humans have these wonderful little things we like to cling onto, called souls. The jury’s still out as to whether demons have them, I sincerely doubt you do." ~ Muse.”

“Fighting demons is what I do; real, and those in my head.”

“Sometimes, when you sleep with the enemy, waking up is the hardest part." ~ Muse”

“The lust for chaos wrenched reason from my mind. She wanted the power I’d called before. She wanted to burn it all; to slice open the veil and summon the fires of hell to dance for her. She burned for it, and so did I." ~ Muse”