Top 160 Shelby Mahurin Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “In that brief moment, I understood. The doubt, the hesitation, the mourning of a future I’d never have-it belonged to her as well. Gone was the spitting hellcat. Now, there was only a woman. And she was small. And she was frightened. And she was strong. And she was asking me to be the same.”

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52. “There had never been a choice. Not for me. From the first moment I’d seen her at the parade – dressed in that ridiculous suit and mustache – my fate had been sealed.”

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53. “Everyone here wants to kill or possibly eat you. Shut up, good man, before you lose your spleen.”

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54. “Ours isn’t a grand, sweeping romance. We aren’t star-crossed lovers. We were a casual hookup, and that’s all.”

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55. “Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay.”

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56. “But you should know,” I breathed, “that if a man touches me in any way without my permission, I’ll cut him open.” I paused for effect, dragging the knife from his throat to his navel and beyond. He swallowed hard. “Even if that man is my husband.”

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57. “Though I abhor jumping to conclusions, our beloved patriarchs surely would’ve sent someone to repair this hovel otherwise.” Achille’s eyes darkened. “Watch your tone.”

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58. “We’re natural enemies, Reid. You’ll always be a witch hunter. I’ll always be a witch. And we’ll always bring each other pain.”

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59. “You don’t get to leave me. Do you understand?” Cupping my face, he wrenched me backward and kissed me hard. His voice was fierce. His eyes were fiercer. They burned into mine, angry and anguished and afraid. “You don’t get to do this alone. If you retreat into your mind – into your magic – I’ll follow you, Lou.” He shook me slightly, tears glistening in those frightened eyes. “I’ll follow you into that darkness, and I’ll bring you back. Do you hear me? Where you go, I will go.”

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60. “Diggory saved my second son after taking the life of my first. He has fulfilled his debt. My kin will no longer hunt him, and you will leave our homeland in peace. I do not owe him an alliance. I do not owe him anything.”

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61. “You’re my wife now, whether we like it or not. No man will ever touch you that way again.”

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62. “But Morgane was nothing if not tenacious. She would find them, she would torture them, and she would kill them. And it was all because of me.”

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63. “Despite my shaking shoulders, Lou held me tightly. Tears streamed down her own cheeks. I crushed her against me, breath shuddering – each gasp painful, burning – as I buried my face in the crook of her neck. As I finally, finally allowed the grief to win. To consume me. In great, heaving sobs, it burst forth – a torrent of hurt and bitterness, of shame and regret – and I choked on it, helpless to stop its wrath. Helpless to do anything but cling to Lou. My friend. My shelter. My home.”

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64. “I never said it was your god. Your god hates women. We were an afterthought.”

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65. “Fear was inevitable. We all made our choices, and we all suffered our consequences. We all felt fear. The trick was learning to live with that fear, to continue forward in spite of it.”

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66. “It’s a real pity,” Beau finally muttered, shaking his head and looking at each of us in turn. His eyes shone with disappointment. “I know you’re all too preoccupied with your pining to notice, but I just caught my reflection in that last puddle – and damn, I look good.”

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67. “I’d never seen her act with such single-minded intensity. No. Obsession. Most days, a ferocious glint lit her eyes – a feral sort of hunger – and others, no light touched them at all. Those days were infinitely worse. She’d watch the world with a deadened expression, refusing to acknowledge me or my weak attempts to comfort her.”

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68. “No termina con la muerte. Termina con esperanza.”

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69. “No. I will not.” “Excuse me?” “I said no, I will-” “I heard what you said. I’m giving you a chance to reconsider.”

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70. “Do you want to kiss me?” His finger stilled on my waistband, and I nodded, breathless. I knew the next words before he spoke them. I reveled in them. “Show me.”

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71. “It’s exactly the sort of game she likes to play. Manipulative, cruel, divisive. She expects a response. She craves a response. The wisest course of action is to stay away.”

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72. “None know what the water will show them. Desires, fears, strengths, weaknesses, memories – it sees truth and demands truth in turn. All you must do is acknowledge it.”

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73. “I’m a witch, Reid. A witch. I have the power to protect the ones I love, and I will sacrifice anything for them. If that makes me a monster – if that makes me aberrant – I’ll don the teeth and claws to make it easier for you. I’ll get worse, if that justifies your twisted rhetoric. Much, much worse.”

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74. “It’s fine not to know. It isn’t fine to stop trying. We have to try, Coco, or we’ll never find it.”

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75. “They shared too much hurt between them. Too much grief. Jealousy. Spite. Even well-adjusted, the two would’ve been wrong for each other. Like water and oil.”

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76. “Do not mistake me for porcelain. Do not mistake me for weak.”

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77. “Evil always seeks a foothold. We must not give it one.”

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78. “I understand your reluctance to confront this, Louise, but closing your eyes will not make it so the monsters can’t see you. It will only make you blind.”

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79. “Let me be clear, huntsman – Louise le Blanc may be the center of your universe, but she is not the center of mine. I have made my decision. Every moment I spend arguing with you is a moment Toulouse could lose his life.”

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80. “Why must I bind myself to fit your expectations?”

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81. “You met only a few months ago. How well can you really know her? Madame Labelle’s words tormented me. Louder and louder they grew. Louise has started her descent. I know the signs. I’ve seen it happen before. You cannot stop it, and you cannot slow it down.”

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82. “In a single, fluid movement, I sank down, burying him inside me.”

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83. “You can’t heal a disease with a bandage.”

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84. “They should. I abandoned them. Twice. They’re freezing and starving and so afraid, yet their own princesse couldn’t be bothered to care. I should’ve been here, Lou. I should’ve – I don’t know –.”

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85. “Lou might’ve lied. She might’ve deceived me. But when I’d followed her to the Chateau, I’d chosen my fate, and I’d done it with my eyes wide open. I’d chosen this life. This love. And with my fingers trembling in hers, with her heart beating alongside mine, I still chose it. I still chose her.”

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86. “When you fell in love, you were enemies.”

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87. “All seven of us.”

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88. “If this woman is to be my wife,” he said, swallowing hard, “you will not touch her again.”

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89. “And we won’t. We will return to Chateau le Blanc for Toulouse. For the wolves. Then we will raze that wretched castle to the ground with Morgane le Blanc and her Dames Blanches inside. This I promise you.”

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90. “You want truth, sister mine? I shall give you truth. You were right before. Without memories of your relationship, you are only a witch to Reid, and he hates you. You are no longer his wife. As far as he knows, you were never his wife. Indeed, he’s probably plotting creative ways to kill you at this very moment.”

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91. “Each of Reid’s smiles – so rare, so genuine – was a gift to me. He couldn’t know how much I cherished them, how I wished I could keep them in my pocket to pull out whenever he felt sad. He felt sad so often. After all this was over, I’d make sure he never felt sad again.”

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92. “Nothing worth having is easy.”

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93. “From the dawn of time, this has been men’s plight – to be tempted by women.”

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94. “You really love the sound of your voice, don’t you? I never took you for narcissistic. Deranged and fanatical, yes, at times even vain, but never narciss –.”

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95. “At least my mother can’t kill a skeleton. At least they don’t have uteruses.”

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96. “I won’t let her hurt you again, Lou. I’ll protect you. Everything will be all right.”

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97. “Watching her was strangely exhausting”.”

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98. “You’re the best parts of her, of course. The vitality. The cleverness. The charm. But you are not her, Louise.”

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99. “I knew who you were. I knew what you believed... and I fell in love with you anyway.”

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100. “The implication of his words stung more than I cared to admit, rekindling my anger. I’d only lied to him when absolutely necessary – like when the alternative had been him burning me alive. Or Morgane chopping off his head. Don’t lie to me, he said. Just as sanctimonious and arrogant as he’d always been. As if I were the problem. As if I were the one who’d spent the last fortnight lying to myself about who and what I was.”

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