Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Our hearts are curious things. So sentimental and easily misguided. Pull the right strings or snap the correct cords, and poof! Love strangles intelligence, even in the best of us.”

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202. “I did not believe there was any line one wouldn’t cross when it came to those one loved. Morals crumpled when faced with heartache. Some fissures within us would forever remain irreparable.”

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203. “Always foster and grow that unquenchable curiosity of yours.”

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204. “Some of us have yet to indulge in our baser desires. Murder, unfortunately, seems to be an aphrodisiac only for House Wrath. Surprising to none, actually.”

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205. “He looked like someone who understood, intimately, what it was like to lose everything. To be forced to stand when you wished to fall. To get up on your own and then defy the hand of fate that brought so much pain by smacking you down time and again. To choose to live and flourish despite the bad. And most important, to dare to dream of better days while your current world was a living nightmare.”

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206. “This is what they should be teaching us. Not vampire lore regarding a man who died centuries ago. Do you think it’s medically possible to open my cranium and stuff the pages inside? Perhaps the ink will leach in and create some sort of compound reaction.”

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207. “Also, you’re quite welcome for the flower. Do place it on your nightstand and think of me while dressing for bed.”

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208. “You are grieving, Audrey Rose. Grief doesn’t equate breaking. You are rebuilding after something... destructive. You’re coming back stronger.” He swallowed hard. “Is that what you believe? That you’re irreparable?”

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209. “You only walked away from that attack because I took the venom into my body through that magical bond.”

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210. “My love for you will be a constant in a sea of unknown variables. We may fight or be cross with each other, but our love will never fade or wilt. Trust in that. Trust in us. Forget the future. Forget worry. The only thing that terrifies me is the possibility of living with regret. I don’t ever want to wake and wonder what life could have been like with you in it. I don’t ever want to regret holding myself back from loving you as fully and openly as possible.”

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211. “What if I’m the villain? One who’s so vicious, so terrible, I was punished to forget?”

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212. “I despise being the one having an emotional dilemma. It’s much more enjoyable being the one consoling you. You haven’t even offered to let me sit on your lap. You’re terrible at this.”

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213. “What I’m talking about is trying to solve a riddle or crime. Emotions play no role there. They’re too messy and complicated.” He leaned on his elbows, staring into my eyes. “But they’re good in other situations, I suppose. For instance – I’ve not yet figured out the formula for love or romance. Perhaps I shall learn one day soon.”

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214. “I do not fear, I am fear.”

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215. “Once something is put in motion, we rarely have control over the outcome, no matter what our initial intentions are.”

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216. “We were already damned to Hell; it was silly to not at least enjoy our descent.”

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217. “We were all here to learn. He was the one who had a problem, not I. Perhaps it was time for fathers to teach their sons how to behave around young women. They were not born superior, no matter how society falsely conditioned them. We were all equals here.”

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218. “The world needed to be better. And if it wasn’t possible for it to be better, we, its inhabitants, needed to do better.”

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219. “Magic is science. It’s simply a fancier term for showing people the impossible is attainable.”

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220. “Where in a medical dictionary does it say a woman cannot handle such things? What is a man’s soul made of that a woman’s is not? I had no idea my innards were composed of cotton and kittens, while yours are filled with steel and steam-driven parts.”

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221. “The promise of death was as alluring, if not more so, than the prospect of falling in love. What morbid creatures we were, craving danger and mystery in place of happily-ever-afters.”

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222. “Whenever I scared him, he turned into some foreign person. One who was both frightening and frightened at once.”

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223. “Men prided themselves on aging. They might lose their hair and expand their bellies and still be deemed a wondrous catch, marrying twenty years their junior. Yet heaven forbid a young lady grow into old age and be proud of the lines on her face; the very lines that told a story of a life well lived. The nerve of us to live happily and without apology.”

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224. “You’d discover your morals aren’t defined in terms such as black or white, good or bad. Most shy away from that level of introspection. It makes us realize we’re villains. At least in part. We also all have the capacity to he heroes.”

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225. “Show me why they call you the Wicked.”

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226. “I was a gruesome monster wrapped up in delicate lace.”

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227. “You simply need to know where to look for the questions. An easy mathematical formula applied to Homo sapiens. And behold! Science reigns over nature once more. No emotions needed.”

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228. “In this moment I understood the draw of the carnival – the magnetic pull to run away from restrictions and simply let go.”

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229. “If I was so apprehensive of marriage, then perhaps being caught wouldn’t be the death of me. It might very well be my rebirth.”

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230. “Do not call me pet.” “Noted, kitten.”

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231. “A good book was its own brand of magic, one I could safely indulge in without fear of getting caught by those who hunted. I loved escaping from reality, especially during times of trouble. Stories made everything possible.”

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232. “Questions married other questions and had theories for children.”

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233. “Real life certainly wasn’t anything close to a romance novel, but there was still a small part of the old me left that hoped for a happy ending.”

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234. “No matter how much death and horror existed, there were still things of beauty left to find.”

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235. “The proper society girl in me was loath to admit it, but his flirtations kept me afloat in a sea of conflicting feelings. Passion and annoyance were fire, and fire was alive and crackling with power. Fire breathed. Grief was a vat of quicksand; the more one struggled against it, the deeper it pulled one under. I’d much rather be set ablaze than buried alive. Though the mere thought of being in a compromising position with Thomas was enough to make my face warm.”

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236. “To help those he loved, he’d rear apart the world.”

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237. “Power often corrupts. It is a wise man -or woman- who accepts their role as one part of a whole.”

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238. “It was much more interesting to sit back and see how it played out. Some of us even wagered on the outcome. I cannot tell you how much I made off of Greed. But he is now in my debt, and I’m sure you can imagine how little he enjoys that.”

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239. “No matter how far I traveled or how hard I pushed it from may mind, Jack the Ripper stalked me, invading every aspect of my life.”

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240. “I could almost feel despair trailing a sharp nail across my throat now, begging, tempting... I pretended that the growing fear was muck beneath my shoes and squashed it.”

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241. “I’d been raised to use inaction as a security net, but it didn’t lend itself to exploring uncharted waters.”

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242. “It’s always been you for me, even when I didn’t know who I was anymore. It will always be you, Thomas. No matter who tries to come between us. You are my heart. No one can take it.”

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243. “If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.”

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244. “Pretend there’s no curse. No magical betrothal. Or romantic urges created by our bond. Would you choose me? To reign beside you. To be your queen. Your friend. Your confidant. Your lover... If I am still yours, I would tell you that you are mine. That I am choosing you as my husband. There is no one I’d rather confront my demons with, no soul I’d travel through Hell with. And no one else I want standing beside me.”

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245. “He wrapped his arms around me, as if he could shield me from the Cursed Tree collecting its price.”

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246. “What else have either of you got for me besides the promise of a splitting headache? – Uncle Wadsworth.”

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247. “If one simply looks to others for their opinions, they lose the ability to think critically for themselves.”

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248. “I think you’ve broken one of my ribs. Was that really necessary? Next time you tackle me, be sure it’s in one of our bedchambers.”

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249. “Foe now I’d tend to my own wounds. Thomas was correct about one thing: I needed to heal myself before I could address anything or anyone else.”

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250. “Wrath’s answering smile was all sharp edges and wicked delight.”

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