Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Their minds were crying out to be set free, but they refused to unbind them.”

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352. “My notebook was filled with images of things a lady had no business being fascinated by, yet I couldn’t control my curiosity.”

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353. “Darkness made confessions easier – it comforted me in a way the light never could.”

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354. “We are hell gods, Emilia. We are the Feared.”

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355. “You’re in love with him. And he’s most certainly in love with you. You’re just both being obtuse.”

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356. “Perhaps he’d brought us here to get stabbed for giggles.”

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357. “If we weren’t about to face another terrible passageway filled with life-threatening danger, I’d take you in my arms this instant.”

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358. “Rules are restrictions given by other privileged men. I enjoy making up my own mind. Everyone ought to have the same human right.”

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

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

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363. “It was that intensity she’d loved imagining, that feeling of being wholly consumed by another person. Just once she wanted someone to want her. Not her art. Not her talent. Her. Sometimes she felt so alone.”

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364. “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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365. “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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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. “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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368. “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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369. “I chose a violent bloody shade of red and painted my lips the color of murder.”

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

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371. “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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372. “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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373. “If you die on me now, I’ll hunt you down and drag you back.”

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374. “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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375. “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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376. “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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377. “Science was an altar I knelt before, and it blessed me with solace.”

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

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380. “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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381. “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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382. “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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383. “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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384. “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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385. “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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386. “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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387. “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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388. “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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389. “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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390. “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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391. “Even though I knew better, I wanted him to be the shining prince of this nightmare.”

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

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

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395. “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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396. “Who are you when the world fades away? What are you made of? How strong is your mind, your will, your capacity to fight? When there is nothing, who do you become?”

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397. “Her art was often her soul laid bare, a part of her she hesitated to share with just anyone.”

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398. “I will be your God, your Creator, your Destroyer, and every depraved dark thing in between.”

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399. “You smell like a dead goat that’s been baking in the sun for days.” “That’s oddly specific. I’m sorry you’ve encountered that before.”

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400. “A lady must know where it’s safe to step,” she quipped. “Yet you’re stepping all over my ego.” “Forgive me, my lord. I had no idea you’d be so easily damaged.”

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