Top 160 Shelby Mahurin Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “To be near them is to love them. They’re wild and free and excessive. Addictive. They consume us. They make us feel alive.”

— Shelby Mahurin

102. “Sometimes it hurts to remember the dead as who they were, rather than who we wanted them to be.”

— Shelby Mahurin

103. “There is no solution for grief. Only time.”

— Shelby Mahurin

104. “Would my soul remember him? A small part of me prayed I wouldn’t, but the rest knew better. I loved him. Deeply. Such a love was not something of just the heart and mind. It wasn’t something to be felt and eventually forgotten, to be touched without it in return touching you. No... this love was something else. Something irrevocable. It was something of the soul.”

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

107. “It’s an unfortunate fact the two didn’t remain together after the birth of their dear daughter, but such is the nature of relationships nourished solely by appetites of passion.”

— Shelby Mahurin

108. “There is no rose without a thorn.”

— Shelby Mahurin

109. “His mouth quirked, and he tentatively touched my shoulder, blue eyes sparkling. Like the sun on the ocean.”

— Shelby Mahurin

110. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

111. “Constantin extended his arms. “I am cursed eternal, huntsman, because I yearned for more.”

— Shelby Mahurin

112. “Our respect had once been mutual. But that was before the envy.”

— Shelby Mahurin

113. “Here’s to finding our happiness.”

— Shelby Mahurin

114. “I loved Lou. I knew that. Felt it in my bones. I also couldn’t stand the sight of her. What was wrong with me?”

— Shelby Mahurin

115. “Her soul would take longer to cleanse than a normal person’s.”

— Shelby Mahurin

116. “It doesn’t matter who holds them. Weapons harm.”

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117. “I became a thief, Manon. I squatted in dirty theaters and stole food from innocent bakers. I did bad things to good people. I killed. I lied and cheated and smoked and drank and even slept with a prostitute once. So it amounts to the same thing. I’ll burn in hell either way.”

— Shelby Mahurin

118. “Oh, get over it, Jean Luc,” Lou snapped. “You can’t win a dead man’s affection. Even alive, the Archbishop saw you for the sniveling little rat you are –.”

— Shelby Mahurin

119. “You cannot escape us, Reid Labelle. We are part of you. As if to prove its words, it latched tighter, the pressure in my head building – painful now – as tendrils of gold snaked outward, stabbing deep and taking root. Into my mind. My heart. My lungs. I choked on them, struggling to breathe, but they only pressed closer. Consuming me. For so long we have slept in the darkness, but now, we are awake. We will protect you. We will not let you go. Seek us.”

— Shelby Mahurin

120. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

121. “Maybe men can learn a thing or two from women.”

— Shelby Mahurin

122. “The hurt is too long and too great on all sides. You can’t heal a disease with a bandage.”

— Shelby Mahurin

123. “Her essence infused everything – the sunlight filtering through the pines, the creek trickling beside us despite the cold. Even the wind seemed to dance. It swirled her scent around me, soothing my frazzled nerves like a balm.”

— Shelby Mahurin

124. “What about what I wanted, maman? You and tante – all either of you have ever cared about is this stupid feud. I’m the collateral damage, aren’t I? I’m the one who suffers.”

— Shelby Mahurin

125. “By the time we burst into the patisserie, our cheeks and noses were red. Our throats ached from laughter. I stared at her as she swept the cloak from my shoulders. She smiled with her whole face. I’d never seen such a transformation. It was... infectious.”

— Shelby Mahurin

126. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

127. “Why would we lie? Trust us when we say you aren’t exactly fun to be around – not like this anyway. If there was a way for us to reverse your memory, we would’ve already done it.” Coco lifted a shoulder as she stepped on the path. “You’ll need to do it, or no one will.”

— Shelby Mahurin

128. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

129. “The streets bustled with revelers bundled in coats and scarves, and a light coating of snow dusted everything – the shops, the stalls, the carriages, the street. Wreaths with red bows hung from nearly every door. The wind caught at the ribbons and made the tails dance.”

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

131. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

132. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

133. “But a mob burning an innocent creature alive sounded exactly like my fight. They would do the same to Lou, if given the chance. The same to Coco. My mother. Me. Familiar anger, thick and viscous, simmered in my gut. These villagers alone weren’t guilty. Though they would slaughter this innocent, Morgane had tortured and maimed my siblings, my brothers and sisters.”

— Shelby Mahurin

134. “As they are now also your enemies, I must offer a piece of advice: ’tis dangerous to meddle in the affairs of witches. Forget your vengeance. Forget everything you’ve learned about this world of shadows and magic. You are wildly outmatched and woefully inadequate in the face of these women. Death is the kindest of their torments – a gift bestowed only to those who earned it.”

— Shelby Mahurin

135. “Helpless to do anything but cling to Lou. My friend. My shelter. My home.”

— Shelby Mahurin

136. “All paths involve considerable risk to those you love.”

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

138. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

139. “It’s a gift, Reid. There’s so much more to it than what you’ve seen. Magic is beautiful and wild and free. I understand your reluctance, but you can’t hide from it forever. It’s part of you.”

— Shelby Mahurin

140. “Nothing worth having is easy.”

— Shelby Mahurin

141. “Embrace me, Lou,” he repeated my own words back to me, trailing feather-light kisses on my throat, catching my earlobe gently in his teeth. I gasped. Though his body pinned mine to the mattress, he was careful to support his weight with his elbows. I wished he wouldn’t. I wanted to feel him. All of him. “Embrace us.”

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

143. “Regardless of how this plays out in Cesarine, our kingdoms are not aligned. They never will be. We can have no future together.”

— Shelby Mahurin

144. “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 –.”

— Shelby Mahurin

145. “You were the one who wanted to tear across the kingdom in a mad dash to gather allies. Do you really think Blaise will want to cozy up with the murderer of his child? Why didn’t you mention this earlier?”

— Shelby Mahurin

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

— Shelby Mahurin

147. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin

148. “We were a chasseur, initiate, Lyon prince, and blood witch walking into Chateu Le Blanc blind.”

— Shelby Mahurin

149. “What else was first love good for but bumbling hands and breathless discovery?”

— Shelby Mahurin

150. “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.”

— Shelby Mahurin