30 Quotes by Betsy Cornwell

you had to be willing to forget what it had done before and look for what it could do.

Once you love someone, part of you is bound forever. Perhaps you never see him again – perhaps your life is better without him, and it’s right to be apart. But once you’ve loved him, the link is formed. You can ignore it, if you choose, but you cannot sever it.

But you’re in Faerie now, Nick, and everyone in this place sees you three for what you are.

Now was a time not to anger, but for survival. I would survive. I knew that was all I could do.

I do the same with my books... Nothing like a good argument in the margins with someone who’s already said all they have to say on the subject.

When your heart is broken, it’s easier to follow rules.

But unlike sirens, selkies don’t mean any harm with their songs. They don’t sing to seduce or to kill. Their songs have nothing to do with anyone but themselves. They sing for the simple joy of it, and because of that, I imagine their songs are more beautiful than those of any siren.

We were three people who loved and needed one another, and it was as easy, and as hard as that.

Shared, the pain was double, but only half so crippling. She couldn’t bring herself to wish for the strenght to stand alone.