Top 60 Sangu Mandanna Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.”

— Sangu Mandanna

2. “Come on,” I say, “let’s go be star-crossed lovers and court disaster.”

— Sangu Mandanna

3. “If Sean’s voice is layers of wood, and Mina Ma’s is the voice a copper pot, then Mathew Mercer’s is the voice of a wild animal. I suddenly think of a movie Ammara and I loved when we were little, and I think of Scar, the lion who murdered his brother to become king. That kind of voice.”

— Sangu Mandanna

4. “If you expect the worse, you’re only denying someone a chance to be better.”

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5. “It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved.”

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6. “We’re part of the earth below us and the sky above us. Our veins echo the patterns of rivers and roots. There’s sunlight and moonlight in our bones.”

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7. “They say the god’s favorites can wreak havoc with their words. I am one of those favorites. ‘Beloved by gods.’ And so I wreak havoc.”

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8. “Lillian sounds like she’s more nice than she is kind. Does that make sense? Niceness is good manners, and stopping to give someone directions, and smiling at the overworked cashier at the supermarket. These are all good things, but they have nothing to do with what’s underneath. Niceness is all about what we do when other people are looking. Kindness, on the other hand, runs deep. Kindness is what happens when no one’s looking.”

— Sangu Mandanna

9. “Loyalty is not as black and white as you think.”

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10. “Your arrow was a spark,” she replies, “A spark of fire so hot and white that no one will be able to put it out. And even a spark of fire can consume an entire forest if it can jump from tree to tree... Watch the forest burn.”

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11. “You’re the only person I know who says the word nice like it’s a bad thing.” “It’s not a bad thing at all, except when it’s all there is. A lot of nice people stop being nice when they don’t get exactly what they want.”

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12. “It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall. I can’t step off the ledge for you. It’s something only you can do.”

— Sangu Mandanna

13. “Lovely afternoon, isn’t it?” she said, abiding by that ancient and most sacred British law of only ever starting a conversation with a comment on the weather.”

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14. “We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.” “You’ve talked about it,” Terracotta replied. “I still think it’s a good first choice.”

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15. “Magic meant well, but it did so want to be used and it had an irksome habit of taking matters into its own hands if witches didn’t take the hint.”

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16. “Maybe some kinds of trauma can’t be revisited – and some need to be.”

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17. “The thing is, being a witch is extraordinary,” she said. “It might seem sometimes that all we are is odd and different, but the truth is, we’re amazing.”

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18. “I had money, and I was beholden to no one, so it seemed only right that I take you into my care. And for what it’s worth, Mika, I have never regretted it.”

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19. “Witchcore,” Hilda said, nodding wisely. “Not quite as popular as cottagecore or fairycore, but it’s up there.”

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20. “But it was more than that. It was peace, the kind Mika was beginning to see she had never known. She hadn’t understood how exhausting and heartbreaking it had been to hide such a big part of herself all these years, to reshape and contort herself into something more acceptable. She hadn’t realised just how heavy her mask had been until she’d discovered what it was to live without it.”

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21. “Witches don’t always fall in love with magic. Like anybody else, we each have our own relationships with our identities and our power.”

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22. “It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall. And I know you will. It might not be right now, but I know you. Sooner or later, you’ll fly.”

— Sangu Mandanna

23. “For one thing, there was the dog hair. Hadn’t anyone considered the fact that dogs shed their fur all the goddamned time? What had possessed them to invite a dog into the house?”

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24. “So, fine, maybe he was almost fond of her. Fond-adjacent.”

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25. “She hadn’t realised just how heavy her mask had been until she’d discovered what it was to live without it.”

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26. “The best possible life isn’t always the one where you’re safest.”

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27. “What are you?” Mika smiled. “The monster under your bed.”

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28. “Well. Well. Did it hurt? When you fell out of whichever Norse myth you came from?”

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29. “It’s not always enough to go looking for the place we belong... Sometimes we need to make that place.”

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30. “This is the life I wanted. This life of contentment and unexpected excitement, of little everyday joys, where I don’t just get to be myself but also get to be embraced as myself. It’s miraculous.”

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31. “And what she saw, for the first time, was not ugliness at all but pain so enormous and consuming that it had felt like dying. I’m sorry, she said silently to her past self. I’m sorry I hated you. I’m sorry I wasn’t kinder. All the shame that had been tangled up in the memory was annihilated, leaving only compassion and regret in its place.”

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32. “Mika has been so deeply hurt that she has taught herself to run before she can lay down roots, but the thing you have to remember, Jamie, is that when someone leaves, all you can do is leave a window open for them so that one day, if they choose, they can come back.”

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33. “Your magic knew exactly who you were. That’s why your spell was a shield, not a sword.”

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34. “Full marks for creativity, but I’m afraid my nerves are made of marshmallow.”

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35. “As a child, I instructed your nannies and tutors very specifically not to tell you what to drink, what to eat, and what to wear. That is because I believe what you put in your body is your business, and that,” she added, raising her teacup to her lips, “includes penises.”

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36. “That is because I believe what you put in your body is your business, and that,” she added, raising her teacup to her lips, “includes penises.”

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37. “That was inspiring,” Matilda said admiringly. “If I wasn’t gay and your grandma, I’d be very attracted to you right about now.”

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38. “They’re kids,” he snapped. “Some days, they’re the funniest, sweetest humans on the planet. Other days, I’m tempted to throw them out the window. Because they’re kids. Not because they’re different. Looking after them is difficult because, again, they’re kids.”

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39. “Theirs was a friendship built on the unspoken, shared understanding that you can love the home you’ve made with the whole of your heart and still know the land it’s built on will never claim you.”

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40. “Albert, it seemed, had forgotten that his history might be a legacy of power, but hers was a legacy of resistance.”

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41. “You’d be surprised! I swear, it was like the instant I turned thirty, my body said, That’s it, I’m done putting up with your nonsense. Look after me properly or I’m going to break down like an old engine. I’ve been taking the threat very seriously.”

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42. “It seemed at first glance like ridiculous theatre, unnecessary and a bit silly, but at the heart of it, weren’t they just a handful of people trying to be good to one another?”

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43. “We’re pretending to be a book club, Primrose,” Mika replied, exasperated. “We don’t need to hide in the middle of nowhere! Why couldn’t we just meet for a sodding coffee somewhere with central heating?”

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44. “Spend a bit more time with todays and a bit less time with yesterdays and tomorrows.”

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45. “Hecate, Medusa, Ceridwen, Freyja. And Circe. All witches.”

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46. “Jamie had said it was a leap of faith to love people and to let yourself be loved. It was closing your eyes and stepping off a ledge into nothing and trusting that you’d fly instead of plummet to your tragic and poetic demise.”

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47. “Like his lonely and her lonely fit perfectly into the empty spaces at the other’s side, saying nothing, asking nothing, just keeping each other company.”

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48. “She sighed happily. In moments like this, she really and truly loved being a witch. She loved losing herself for hours in the hum of magic, the sparkle of gold dust in the air, the soft warmth of witchfire, the ideas and the creativity and the fun. Why would anyone ever want to do anything else?”

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49. “We’ve talked about this,” said Jamie mildly. “Murder can’t be your first choice every time you don’t like something.”

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50. “You’re still here, they said, those echoes of all the Sera’s that ever were. You went up in flames, but you’re still here. You’ll go up in flames again, but that’s ok, you know what to do now. You’ve done it already.”

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