Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Stupid bats from Hell.”

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302. “Her admirable qualities run much deeper than beauty, though I could certainly pen a thousand sonnets to that.”

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303. “This time, when he shouted her name, then held her in his arms, she felt like he was already long gone. Like a star shooting across the night sky, there was nothing left but the memory of how beautifully bright it had once shined.”

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304. “Tell me,” he whispered, his voice sliding like silk over my flushed skin. “What?” My own voice came out breathless. “I am your favorite sin.”

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305. “You’re dressed for sneaking about Dracula’s castle. Be still my thawing, dark heart. You certainly know how to make a young man feel alive, Wadsworth.”

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306. “When I was adventuring between the pages of a book, I wasn’t sad over things I was missing outside.”

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307. “Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It’s a queen who sits on that throne. Never forget that. There’s no reason you can’t wear a simple frock to work, then don the finest gown and dance the night away. But only if it pleases you.”

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308. “Stories make everything possible.”

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309. “Let’s play act a murder, Wadsworth.”

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310. “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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311. “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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312. “Always foster and grow that unquenchable curiosity of yours.”

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313. “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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314. “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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315. “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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316. “It’d be even better if murderers, psychopaths, and villains simply held a sign up for inquiring minds to spot easily.”

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317. “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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318. “We might be in Hell, but he felt like Heaven.”

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

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321. “My world is broken down into one simple principle: I believe I’m powerful, therefore I am.”

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322. “It is a sad truth that we do not live in a world where differences are accepted.”

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323. “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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324. “Your pride didn’t appear in that bone circle the night you spilled blood and summoned me. It was your wrath. Your fury.”

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

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326. “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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327. “Life was beautiful even during the darkest hours.”

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328. “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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329. “I do not fear, I am fear.”

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

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331. “I looked down at my new, fine made dress and frowned at the dark layers. “Why do villains always wear black?” “Better to hide the blood with, witch.”

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332. “One may never know what secrets we’ll uncover when we dare to plunge into less... pleasant places.”

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333. “I wished to be lost in the nothingness for a while longer.”

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

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335. “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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336. “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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337. “Magic is science. It’s simply a fancier term for showing people the impossible is attainable.”

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338. “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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339. “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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340. “Whenever I scared him, he turned into some foreign person. One who was both frightening and frightened at once.”

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341. “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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342. “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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343. “Show me why they call you the Wicked.”

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

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345. “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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346. “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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347. “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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348. “Monsters are only as real as the stories that give them life.”

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

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350. “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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