20 Quotes by Kim Liggett

That’s the problem with letting the light in - after it’s been taken away from you, it feels darker than it was before.

A person is made up of all the little choices they make in life. The choices no one ever sees.

You eyes are wide open, but you see nothing.

I used to think that was my magic-having the power to see things others couldn't-things they didn't even want to admit to themselves. But all you have to do is open your eyes. My eyes are wide open

The magic is real. Maybe not in the way they believe, but if you're willing to open your eyes, open your heart, it's all around us, inside us, waiting to be recognized.

I’m trying to hold back my emotions, but I can feel my face contorting. That strange heat moving to my cheeks. I always thought it was magic moving through me, but now I know it to be rage.

In the county, there’s nothing more dangerous than a woman who speaks her mind. That’s what happened to Eve, you know, why we were cast out from heaven. We’re dangerous creatures. Full of devil charms. If given the opportunity, we will use our magic to lure men to sin, to evil, to destruction.” My eyes are getting heavy, too heavy to roll in a dramatic fashion. “That’s why they send us here.”“To rid yourself of your magic,” he says.“No,” I whisper as I drift off to sleep. “To break us.

In the county, everything they take away from us is a tiny death. But not here . . .” She spreads her arms out, taking in a deep breath. “The grace year is ours. This is the one place we can be free. There’s no more tempering our feelings, no more swallowing our pride. Here we can be whatever we want. And if we let it all out,” she says, her eyes welling up, her features softening, “we won’t have to feel those things anymore. We won’t have to feel at all.

Or Amy Dumont. Delicate, sweet. She would make for a docile wife, but her hips are too narrow, beddable to be sure, but not sturdy enough to withstand childbirth. Of course, some men like breakable things. They like to break them.