“On any given night the stars are endless losses or endless gains. One for the love you experience and one for the love you lose. One for the unfulfilled wish and one for the wish yet to come.”
Lawren Leo“The earth is a mosaic, and most fail to notice the gossamer tesserae floating down from the realm of the mind that form its images of beauty and horror.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“The secret to excitement is discovering new paths, and having the courage to take them.”
Lawren Leo, Spell to Attract Excitement“As she slid into her fifties, with grace I might add, she learned the art of hatred, pulling on the pain from a broken heart. She kept this pain alive, growing on the outskirts of her soul, like a copse of trees that constantly needed pruning.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“She remembered something she overheard at a dinner party -- Everyone loses their mind at least once in this lifetime. Everyone.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“Hidden by diaphanous clouds of mist and fog floating gracefully over vales of heather and flowing runnels, she began to dance.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“She prayed to the gods of love and the gods of destruction, for they are one and the same.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“The evening pulsed with omens gentle to the eyes, and Valentina had a romantic crush on it all, like every good witch should.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths“There is a point where the universe can deliver you from the verge of regret. I know your love for me will take you there.”
Lawren Leo, Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths