28 Quotes by Sheila English

He could hear the ocean waves nearby soothing and peaceful. His mind never fully rested. Never. But, here he could ease his thoughts away from his past. Away from regrets.

The seduction of acceptance could bend the will of even the strongest of people.

Never trust a man willing to eat your dog.

He’d wanted answers so passionately he couldn’t trust his mind not to supply hope at the cost of truth.

Magic, then?” That was worrisome. Adam was cautious of magic. The tattoo on his back had warmed the moment he got to the house. It was a warning. Magic could be used as a weapon.

A beautiful woman is the most dangerous weapon I’ve ever encountered. I am, by nature, leery of them.

I found through my travels that unusual people were their own kind of magic. Not the same kind of magic my artifacts are made from, but magic that comes in the shape of survival, endurance and a will unshaken by cruelty, tyranny or hate.

Knowing a thing and acting on it were two different issues.[...] He couldn’t keep the curiosity at bay. His life was long and little was new and people were stories, unique and horrible and something beautiful with meaning.

He had a way of making you think the bad things he did to you were your own fault.