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books i’ve read in 2019 » The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
The wolf who wins is the wolf you feed. The evil wolf feeds on anger, guilt, sorrow, lies, and regret. The good wolf needs a diet of love and honesty, spiced up with big spoonfuls of compassion and faith. So if you want the good wolf to win, you’re going to have to starve the other one.
Favorite Ships + Aesthetics → Bishmont (a discovery of witches) “A ma vie de coer entier. My whole heart for my whole life.”
“Once the world was full of wonders, but it belongs to humans now. We creatures have all but disappeared - demons, vampires and witches… hiding in plain sight, ill at ease, even with each other. But, as my father used to say, in every ending… there is a new beginning.”
Favorite Characters + Aesthetics → Matthew Clairmont (a discovery of witches)
“One day, there’ll be just one species. Humans. And at first, they won’t notice the difference because they’ve never noticed us, but, gradually eventually, they’ll come to see that all the magic has seeped out of the world. And they’ll look around them and everyone will be the same.”
“I thought conversation was the point of bundling,” I said primly.
“It depends on whom you ask—the bundlers or those being bundled.” He began working his mouth down from my ear to my shoulders. “Besides, I have another part of the medieval wedding service I’d like to discuss with you.”
“You do, husband?” I bit his ear gently as it moved past.
“Don’t do that,” he said, with mock severity. “No biting in bed.” I did it again anyway. “What I was referring to was the part of the ceremony where the obedient wife,” he said, looking at me pointedly, “promises to be ‘bonny and buxom in bed and board.’ How do you intend to fulfill that promise?” He buried his face in my breasts as if he might find the answer there.
After several more hours discussing the medieval liturgy, I had a new appreciation for church ceremonies as well as folk customs. And being with him in this way was more intimate than I’d ever been with another creature.
A Discovery of Witches
she’s seen every episode. on purpose. (a moodboard for every show i watch)
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (2018-)
The smell of you… Willow sap. Chamomile honey. Frankincense. Lady’s mantle. Ancient things I thought I’d forgotten. It’s not only your scent. I can hear your witch’s blood… moving in your veins.
