memory charms

“well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.”

“did you just say he was trying to think?” jamie snickered. “aw, don’t worry, peltier; trying anything for the first time is hard.”

“trust me: if one's an incident, two's a coincidence, and three's a pattern, four's enough for a warrant.”

“i’ll go bad when hell freezes over.”

“teenage boys,” mallory said, looking directly at him. “they think they have it all, but they don’t. they have all these desires, but they don’t have the guts to reach out for them. so they go mad and cry about the girl they love, until they end up getting a proper wake-up call, if you get what i mean.”

“my parents, ever since it's happened, they've been wanting me to leave... but what if i don't want to go?”

“secrets are what split our family apart. do you honestly believe anymore of them are going to keep us together?” 

“that's what being a potter is about!” lattice cried determinedly. “we're valiant. fighters. we protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

“you have a curse, miss cauldwell, and you have only your family to blame.”

“amazing,” kalysta said, “you’re just like your parents.” “don’t tell me,” lucien cut in, giving an exaggerated wave of his hand. “impossibly handsome with brains to match? trust me, i know.” “i was going to say arrogant and painfully sarcastic.”

“mortan. la morte,” wendy breathed. “it’s french for the death.”

during her stay at the farm, inny had come to find out that the cauldwells were quite possibly the kindest family she had ever met.

“we all have both light and dark inside of us, lily, regardless of which side we choose,” sentiatla said serenely. “i think your family shows that best of all.”

albus was quite sure that the jordan-potters were one of the most terrifying families he had ever met.

“virutas de embalaje," aries muttered bleakly. inny asked, "what does that even mean?" aries looked over his shoulder at her. he no longer looked like the boy who belonged on yachts, but a boy who needed an extra hours sleep.  “onward and upward.”