“Promise you'll stay with me as long as you want to, but not a moment longer.” — Lisa Mantchev Love Copy Share Image
“And what would you know of escape, precious mad thing that you are?” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“Never mistake complacence for the illusion of control. She is like wildfire, at once utterly beguiling and wholly untameable.” — Lisa Mantchev Illusion of control Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want of pie.” — Lisa Mantchev Craving Copy Share Image
“her spine was the crease on a piece of paper, her bones no more than diagonal folds on a bit of origami” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“Say ye love me.Even if its not true, let me keep th' words. -Nate to Bertie Tell me you love me, at… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“One o' these days, lass, I'm goin' t' still that mouth o' yers. - Nate” — Lisa Mantchev Bertie Copy Share Image
“There should be more to love," said the earth, "than 'it did not kill me.' More than 'I survived it.” — Lisa Mantchev Love Copy Share Image
“What a diva!" "Stupid, men can't be divas..." "Divo, then." "That just sounds weird. Call him a jerk and be done with… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“And you can call me Bertie. Unexpected use of Beatrice makes me think I'm in trouble.” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“How can she create with all your negative energy?" "Yeah, man. You're bringing us down." "This is about as low as it… — Lisa Mantchev Humor Copy Share Image
“Maybe I got sick of accusations, sick of being Polonius's daughter, and Laertes's sister, and Hamlet's girlfriend. Maybe I wanted, for a… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“I may hold ye at arm's length....But I want ye t' be mine an' mine alone. - Nate to Bertie, as they… — Lisa Mantchev Bertie Copy Share Image
“The only reason I'm friends with any of you is because I outgrew the von Trapps, one annoying Austrian at a time.” — Lisa Mantchev Bertie Copy Share Image
“The water and the wind will wear the wood down, until only water and wind remain.” — Lisa Mantchev Destruction Copy Share Image
“You didn't just write the play, Bertie," Peaseblossom said suddenly. "You ordered the Players about, shouted, and threw an artistic hissy fit.… — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“The fairies put on their thinking caps, which were red and pointy.” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged," Mustardseed said, flying in lazy loops like an intoxicated bumblebee, "that a fairy in possession of… — Lisa Mantchev Truth Copy Share Image
“I know I'm supposed to be the new Mistress of Revels! But that doesn't mean I have pockets full of muffins!” — Lisa Mantchev Copy Share Image
“Nate handed it over the expert, and Waschbär examined it in turn, finally concluding with a low whistle. "No, not a diamond.… — Lisa Mantchev Bar exam Copy Share Image
“Ariel looked at her then, instead of the sky, instead of the horizon that surely beckoned to him. “Out of a thousand… — Lisa Mantchev Binding Copy Share Image
“A cupcake temple?' Her chest still tight with anxiety, Bertie forced herself to imagine it: bricks of pound cake mortared with buttercream… — Lisa Mantchev Humorous Copy Share Image