I was of the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn’t give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff” school of thought. Cate Tiernan More Quotes by Cate Tiernan More Quotes From Cate Tiernan In fairy tales there's always one person who is made for one other, and they find each other and live happily ever after. Cal was my person. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect. Yet what kind of sick fairy tale would it be if he was the one made exactly right for me and I wasn't right for him? Cate Tiernan fairy-tale sick perfect I felt an overwhelming gratitude in my life right now and wanted a chance to acknowledge it. I felt that any thanks given to any god all went to the same place, anyway, no matter what religion you were centered in. Cate Tiernan gratitude chance matter There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose. Cate Tiernan pain inspirational life It happened again this afternoon. Just the way it did that other night. We were talking--talking about how to protect her, actually--and then, suddenly, I looked at her and it was as if I'd found an entire universe in her eyes. Cate Tiernan eye talking night Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me. Cate Tiernan witch powerful impossible Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms. Cate Tiernan arms safe night Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot. Cate Tiernan lovers fire hot The heart that loves must one day grieve. Love and grief are the Goddess's twined gifts. Let the pain in, let it open your heart to compassion. Let me help you bear your grief and then may your heart ease and open to greater love. May the love that flows eternally through the universe embrace and comfort you. p.85 Cate Tiernan pain grief heart But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces. Cate Tiernan loving-someone heart littles I-just want you. I want you so bad, all the time. I know I shouldn't, I know I can't, I know it's wrong... but even when you're pissing me off, when you're reminding me of pain and despair and torture-it's there, the wanting. I'm tired of fighting it. I fight so many things, all the time, every day. I don't want to fight this. Not anymore. Cate Tiernan tired pain fighting No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can always make a choice in the next second to be different. Cate Tiernan dark fall thinking Men are natural warriors, but a woman in battle is truly bloodthirsty Cate Tiernan warrior battle men Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick. Cate Tiernan stones tree children I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls. Cate Tiernan catholic girl foxes It was all I could do to not knock him down right there in front of Asher and climb on him. If I stunned him with a frying pan first, he might not struggle too much. Cate Tiernan frying-pans struggle might At that moment I remembered something Cal had told me: that there is beauty in darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life and death, thorns on the rose. I knew then that I could not escape pain and torment any more than I could give up joy and beauty Cate Tiernan life-and-death giving-up pain Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life. Cate Tiernan be-good My sister thought about it for a few moments. "Well, that's boring," she said finally. "Why can't you read porn of something fun that I could borrow?" I laughed. "Maybe later. Cate Tiernan boring moments fun You're not honey. Your'e wine. You're the deepest, darkest shadow under a tree on a blazing day. You're strong and hard, coursing like a current at the bottom of a river. Cate Tiernan wine strong rivers I'd once read somewhere that is takes about half as long to recover from a deep relationship as the relationship lasted. Cate Tiernan deep-relationship half long
