“If you can change things, change them, but don't waste time worrying about things you can't change.” — Cate Tiernan Change Copy Share Image
“Nothing is static; things always change. The best you can do is change along with them and work with what you have.” — Cate Tiernan Change Copy Share Image
“Bree smiled at me. "Don't worry about me. I think I can handle him. In fact, I want to handle him," she… — Cate Tiernan Smiled Copy Share Image
Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s… — Cate Tiernan Be good Copy Share Image
“It was part of what had made him so good at manipulating people - he could present them with what they wanted… — Cate Tiernan Manipulating Copy Share Image
“Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat." I grinned. "I've noticed." Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed,… — Cate Tiernan Humor Copy Share Image
It was all I could do to not knock him down right there in front of Asher and climb on him. If… — Cate Tiernan Climbs Copy Share Image
“Now he was kissing me, not in a scary way, not with hostility, but with warm, seductive intent. In a hayloft, in… — Cate Tiernan Gaze Copy Share Image
He seems so.. English sometimes, kind of distant or reserved, but then he'll look at me, and his eyes see right through… — Cate Tiernan Eye Copy Share Image
“I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me - I… — Cate Tiernan Better life Copy Share Image
I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge… — Cate Tiernan Challenges Copy Share Image
I was of the “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn’t give you freaking sugar so you… — Cate Tiernan Drink Copy Share Image
“Is that a hat?" I asked, pouring eight rounds of batter into the griddle. She grinned at me. "A sweater." She held… — Cate Tiernan Anne Copy Share Image
“I'm here by choice, I reminded myself. I'm here because I can't bear to be not- here anymore. I'm here because I… — Cate Tiernan Choice Copy Share Image
Of course, when we got home, we found that Dagda had peed on my down comforter. He had also eaten part of… — Cate Tiernan Carpet Copy Share Image
David held up his hands. "Hold it. This is going nowhere. You two are both afraid, and being afraid makes you angry,… — Cate Tiernan Afraid Copy Share Image
At that moment I remembered something Cal had told me: that there is beauty in darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life… — Cate Tiernan Beauty Copy Share Image
Come with me," Reyn said. "I want to show you something." Frankly, I had expected something more original. "Really?" I asked, "That's… — Cate Tiernan Expected Copy Share Image
“I woke up the next afternoon cotton-mouthed with a splitting, and I do mean splitting, headache. When I raised my head, I… — Cate Tiernan Headache Copy Share Image
“I said honestly. “You can only be formed by your society.” I came up with a quote I had heard once: “… — Cate Tiernan Nastasya Copy Share Image
You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind,"… — Cate Tiernan Blind Copy Share Image
But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and… — Cate Tiernan Asking Copy Share Image
“Most of the January firsts in recent memory have involved splitting headaches and roiling stomachs and often being surprised about where I… — Cate Tiernan Firsts Copy Share Image
No matter how dark you are, no matter what you think your heritage is or how inevitable your fall is, you can… — Cate Tiernan Choices Copy Share Image
“Have you ever seen a god laugh? It makes you catch your breath and feel hopeful and shivery and excited all at… — Cate Tiernan God Copy Share Image
The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death. — Cate Tiernan Beginning Copy Share Image
I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever. — Cate Tiernan Chores Copy Share Image
“Good Lord, if Incy could be helped… then I was a freaking picnic.” — Cate Tiernan Easy work Copy Share Image
Over my dead body, I thought. Yes, even immortals use that phrase. It has extra oomph for us. — Cate Tiernan Body Copy Share Image
“I noticed Incy smiling at me as I rounded up my third or fourth doll-size éclair. I mean, I get the whole… — Cate Tiernan Nastasya Copy Share Image
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… — Cate Tiernan Blazing Copy Share Image
Please, ground, just open up and let me fall into an endless crevasse till I hit the center of the earth and… — Cate Tiernan Earth Copy Share Image
“Actually, now that I thought about it, I couldn't place when our "bests" had been. When had either one of us been… — Cate Tiernan Incy Copy Share Image
It happened again this afternoon. Just the way it did that other night. We were talking--talking about how to protect her, actually--and… — Cate Tiernan Afternoon Copy Share Image
“Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak." Yes I'm suave. I'm mysterious. My name… — Cate Tiernan Cloak Copy Share Image
