“If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves”

“If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves”

“I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.”

“Impossible,'" Matthew said."'Impossible n'est pas français,' Ysabeau said, her tone tart as vinegar. 'And it certainly was not a word in your father's vocabulary.”

“I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.”

“Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.”

“Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires weren’t the only creatures who had to manage such strong impulses. Much of what qualified as magic was simply desire in action. Witchcraft was different- that took spells and rituals. But magic? A wish, a need, a hunger too strong to be denied- these could turn into deeds when they cross a witch’s mind.”

“All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land.”

“If you truly love someone, you will cherish what they despise most about themselves" - Fernando Conclaves”

“A ma vie de coer entier.Mon debut et ma fin. Se souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir. My whole heart for my whole life.With an alpha and an omega: my beginning and my end.Remember the past, and that there is a future.”

“I trust my wife's judgement... That's what Philippe says about Granny, just before all hell breaks loose.”

“Don't consider painful what's good for you.”