Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “It was far better to be angry rather than turn into a ghost of my former self from sadness and grief.”

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202. “I refuse to believe you’ve misinterpreted my affections. I am wholly in love with you. And it is permanent.”

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203. “You fight. You fight for what you want. You do not wallow or surrender. The lesson in not in lying down and allowing yourself to be stabbed, child. It’s in pushing yourself up and battling back.” Her eyes flashed. “You fell down. So? Will you stay there, weeping over skinned knees? Or will you brush off your skirts, adjust your hair, and carry on? Do not relinquish your grasp on hope. It’s one go the best weapons anyone possesses.”

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204. “Nonna said you could catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I figured a cannoli would help me catch a prince of Hell just fine.”

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205. “Passion and annoyance were fire, and fire was alive and crackling with power.”

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206. “Flesh-and-blood men were the real monsters, and they could be cut down easily enough.”

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207. “Vengeance is a potent emotion. It makes you easy prey to both humans and demons alike. Never let someone know what your true motivations are. If they know what you want more than anything, they’ll craft all sorts of sweet lies and half-truths to manipulate you. They’ll know exactly how far they can push, what to offer, and what you would never refuse, giving them the upper hand. Your first goal should be to remain alive. Figure out everything else as you go.”

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208. “It felt the first indication a violent storm was approaching. The sort where you either stood your ground or ran for cover. It was as if the air between us grew heavy and dark with the promise of nature’s fury. If I closed my eyes, I could imagine thunder rattling my teeth as winds whipped around, threatening to drag me into the swirling vortex and devour me whole. It was the kind of storm that broke cities, destroyed realms.”

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209. “If I didn’t know any better, Wadsworth, my dear,” Thomas said, voice laced with teasing, his typical method of distracting me from my darkness, “I’d believe you were about to perform your own escape act. Am I to be your assistant, then?” He stared down at himself, frowning slightly. “I left my sequined dragon frock coat in London and this one’s a bit plain. It doesn’t particularly scream ’carnival chic.”

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210. “One of the hardest things anyone can do is live in the here and now. Not worry about the future, not rehash the past.”

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211. “He’ll take one look at us and run in the other direction. Lest the lame-legged boy chase him with his walking stick.” “It is a cane, and it is quite a handsome cane. The Ripper should be too pleased to be assaulted by such a work of rustic art.”

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212. “I will gladly accept any and all books, however. A person can never have too much reading material. Especially on a fall or winter evening. If you’re feeling extra generous, you may include tea. I love a unique blend.”

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213. “Antique pages were a scent that should be bottled up and sold to those who adored the aroma.”

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214. “Some risks are worth taking, even if they seem impossible at first.”

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215. “One thing I can promise,” his voice was deep and sensual in the dark, “is you won’t ever doubt it’s real when I touch you.” Frustrated, embarrassed, and furious to have submitted to desiring him for even one second, I plucked up his shirt and roughly tugged it back on before flopping onto my side. “Someone’s cocky.” “Says the person rubbing up against my c –.”

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216. “There are seven demon princes, but only four di Carlos should fear: Wrath, Greed, Envy, and Pride. One will crave your blood. One will capture your heart. One will steal your soul. One will take your life.”

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217. “A heart was a curious thing. So contradictory. The way it ached in both good and bad ways. The way it leapt with joy and ceased with sorrow. It could beat madly and wildly during both pleasure and pain.”

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218. “His lips quirked slightly when he noticed my incredulous expression. “I know I wouldn’t. One taste of warm blood is never enough, Miss Wadsworth.”

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219. “Though I knew there were many sides to each person if one searched hard enough. No one was entirely good or evil.”

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220. “Lord help the girl he set those eyes on for good. His boyish vulnerability was a weapon, powerful and disarming.”

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221. “You’re both so intelligent in matters involving the mind, but the heart? It’s as if beings from other galaxies are puzzling out fried potatoes.”

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222. “Science needed coldness for exploratory advancements, but we were still human. Our minds might be made f steel when needed, but our hearts beat with compassion. We still cared deeply fro people and mourned.”

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223. “My gender didn’t handicap me.”

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224. “I didn’t expect anyone to be out so early – or so late depending on the circumstances – especially with the threat of another storm approaching. I should have known better than to apply that rule to Audrey Rose. Nothing as pedestrian as the weather would keep her caged when she had a goal to achieve and a young woman’s murder to solve.”

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225. “What good are you, or do you simply excel at being terrible?”

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226. “Perhaps that was the ultimate lesson in letting go – accepting that which was out of our control. I could only do my best and my part; it was up to Thomas to meet me halfway or not at all.”

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227. “Thomas smiled at my eye roll, puffing his chest up and standing with one foot proudly resting on a chair as if posing for a portrait. “I don’t blame you, I am rather attractive. The tall, dark hero of your dreams, swooping in to save you with my vast intellect. You should accept my hand at once.”

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228. “Whatever you do, you must never speak to the Wicked. If you see them, hide. Once you’ve caught a demon prince’s attention, he’ll stop at nothing to claim you.”

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229. “I wanted to crack his soul open and read him like a book, discovering the deepest secrets and stories of how he came to be.”

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230. “I smiled, leaning over the desk and used the sweetest tone I could muster. “In my spare time I flay open bodies of the deceased. Two of whom were victims of Leather Apron. The scent that hung in the room would drop a man to his knees, and I aided my uncle during the postmortems while standing in gelled blood.” I sat back in my chair, the leather squeaking its own disapproval. “Whatever you have to show us won’t be too much for my stomach to handle, I assure you.”

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231. “A true leader delegates. Just as your’re doing now. Never doubt your courage.”

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232. “The First Witch was rumored to have cursed the devil because her daughter fell in love with him and they refused to give each other up.”

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233. “Everyone deserved to live freely and in honor of themselves. A basic right should not be a luxury.”

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234. “While my cousin had the voice of a nightingale, Thomas’s singing was atrocious. A cat in heat held a note in a more pleasant manner than he did. At least it proved he wasn’t limitlessly skilled, which pleased me to no end.”

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235. “Behind me a door swung open, revealing a tall figure gilded by light – the background din of staff cleaning up after the terrible opening show accentuated his own silence. He stood there, too shrouded in shadows for me to make out his features, but judging from the involuntary flutter in my chest, it was Thomas.”

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236. “One did not steal from the devil and go unpunished.”

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237. “I knew precisely how much princes of Hell coveted power. Enough to bind themselves to someone they may enjoy between their sheets on occasion, but would never truly love. For eternity. Well suited enough.”

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238. “Surely boys are interested in proposing only to girls in lacy gowns. Why care about beauty and brains when they can have beauty over brains? Foolish creatures they are.”

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239. “I wondered at the darkness swirling within me – the secret part that couldn’t muster up an ounce of disgust. Perhaps I needed to take up a new hobby. I feared I was becoming addicted to blood.”

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240. “It’s just... sometimes when I’m afraid or lost, I try to find the humor. Break the tension. It always helps me to laugh.”

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241. “Though Uncle believes science explains most legends.”

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242. “I pictured growing old together, sitting in the gardens of a country home, the salty sea air crisp and soothing while a cadaver waited for us in our own personal morgue.”

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243. “Society at large is staggeringly obtuse. If one simply looks to others for their opinions, they lose the ability to think critically for themselves. Progress would never be made if everyone appeared and thought and loved in the same manner.”

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244. “My heart raced. Part of me wanted to draw him into a hug and heal his wounds, and part of me wished to ferret out all his secrets and piece the puzzle of him together this instant.”

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245. “I long to live in a world where equal treatment is not something in need of commending.”

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246. “He leaned in, bracing himself on either side of me, his expression smoldering enough to start a fire. “Liar.”

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247. “For the living embodiment of sin, you aren’t very sinful.”

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248. “One needn’t be strong in only physical matters – a strong mind and will were fierce to behold as well. “You’re.”

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249. “Life often deals you a hand you didn’t choose.”

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250. “The crowd hopes for the impossible to become possible. It shows them dreams don’t belong only in our heads – with hope those fantasies can become real. Taking hope away is like taking life from someone. We all need to believe we can achieve the impossible.”

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