Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “One did not steal from the devil and go unpunished.”

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352. “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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353. “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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354. “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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355. “Though Uncle believes science explains most legends.”

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356. “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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357. “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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358. “I long to live in a world where equal treatment is not something in need of commending.”

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

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

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362. “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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363. “There were only the two of us left standing in a star-filled sky oblivious to anything but the way our bodies fit together like constellations. He was my match in all ways.”

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364. “Humans were the true monsters and villains, more real than any novel or fantasy could invent.”

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365. “Sometimes you need to stand out in order to blend in.”

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366. “Seeing the truth was never easy, especially when it revealed those closest to us could be monsters hidden in plain sight.”

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367. “You are not mine to take.” He brushed his lips against mine. Softly, so softly I might have imagined them there. My eyes fluttered shut. He could persuade me to build a steamship to the moon when he kissed me. We could orbit the stars together. “You are yours to give.”

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368. “Every tall tale was rooted in truth.”

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369. “There was more to life than vengeance and the retribution. If we went after everyone who ever hurt or wronged us, we’d never appreciate the good in our lives.”

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370. “I chose a violent bloody shade of red and painted my lips the color of murder.”

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371. “Promise me to wake each day and find joy wherever you can, no matter how small it may be. There will always be hard times and trying times and times for sorrow, but we won’t let those days destroy the here and now.”

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372. “Death is never easy, but there’s something... infinitely worse when someone young is taken. Death’s not the only thing to fear. Murder is worse.”

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373. “I love you, I thought, rallying against the blackness. More than all the stars in the universe. In this life and ever after. I love you.”

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374. “If you die on me now, I’ll hunt you down and drag you back.”

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375. “Science was an altar I knelt before, and it blessed me with solace.”

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376. “Thomas Cresswell couldn’t die. If he did... a darkness so complete as to truly be terrifying welled up inside me. I did not know who I’d become, should I lose him. But Satan would tremble at my approach.”

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377. “I wanted to kiss him. Possibly break a bottle and stab him first. But then definitely kiss him.”

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378. “Magic was life and life was made by making love and feeling good and our bodies constantly tried to remind us to live.”

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379. “Everyone makes mistakes, Wadsworth. There’s no shame in that. It’s how you go about mending them that truly counts.”

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380. “However, grieving or being affected by something doesn’t make you weak, Wadsworth. Sometimes strength is knowing when to tend to yourself for a bit.”

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381. “I needed no man to empower me. I had my father to thank for that much; his absence in most everyday things had prepared me well enough to stand on my own.”

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382. “I would not be treated as if my mind were inferior because I’d been blessed with the ability to bear children. I mentally screamed at myself to let it pass, but I couldn’t obey the simple command, consequences be damned.”

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383. “I wondered how I could appear so whole and serene on the outside when inside I was thrashing with turbulence.”

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384. “Hone your anger and sorrow into weapons of use, or go back home and cry until the monsters come for you. Because come for you they will.”

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385. “I don’t know how you’ve fooled humanity for so long, but it’s as Envy said. You are the most skilled liar of all. Samael.”

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386. “Twisted though it may be, that was the power of love. It could usher in warmth and light, and it could also turn a single ember into a raging inferno, destroying those who threatened it. Love might be the worst sin of them all, with its two sides.”

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387. “I recalled Nonna’s warnings about the Wicked – how once someone caught a demon prince’s attention he’d stop at nothing to claim them.”

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388. “Even though I knew better, I wanted him to be the shining prince of this nightmare.”

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389. “Oh, yes,” he said, rolling his eyes. “Another of your fine ideas. As if I’d be messy enough to leave evidence behind. I’m with you practically day and night. Does that not absolve me from being a murderer? Or must we share a bed to prove my innocence? Actually... that might not be a terrible idea.”

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390. “Magic is a living, breathing entity; it thrives on the energy you give it. Like all forces of nature, it is neither good nor bad – it simply becomes backed on the user’s intent. Feed it love and it blossoms and grows. Nourish it with hate and it will deliver hate back to you tenfold.”

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391. “I hate that there’s a chance you might care for someone else. I’ve never despised something more in my whole existence, but I refuse to become the monster my father believes I am. I will never force myself upon you, even if some untamed, wild beast thrashes inside me, begging for a chance to destroy anyone or anything that might steal you away.”

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392. “We women could be called creatures, if only the men who said such careless words accepted our claws were fearsome things when we decided to scratch.”

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393. “Focus on how handsome I am. How much you want to press your lips against mine. And definitely do not panic, Wadsworth. If you scream, I’m going to join you, and then we’re both in trouble.”

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394. “His annoyance joined mine in unholy matrimony.”

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395. “Darkness within me rejoiced for the opportunity of seeing the bodies up close, in the state the murderer had intended them to be discovered.”

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396. “Regret wouldn’t bring the dead back.”

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397. “I’d like to remind each man who held such poor opinions of a woman that their beloved mothers were, in fact, women. I didn’t see any men running about, birthing the world’s population then going on to make supper and tend to the house. Most of them buckled to their knees when the slightest sniffle attacked them.”

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398. “As forensic examiners, we cannot shut off other avenues to search. What have I taught you about trusting only that which you see?”

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399. “You’re brilliant, Audrey Rose,” Thomas said, eyes glittering with admiration. He held my gaze a moment too long to be polite.”

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400. “I am my own monster.”

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