Quotes from Joseph Delaney

Well, you're safe until you make another silly mistake,' the Spook added. 'And don't say you won't. He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job.

Love is a delusion that binds mortals to their fates.

There was more than one type of guilt. You might do something horrible that you later regretted. But you could also feel guilty for something you'd not done!

I can't be yours forever, Mab," I told her, the words flying into my mouth as if by magic. "I already belong to someone else. I belong to Alice!

What are you using?" I asked. "Fascination or glamour?" "Both," she said, giving me a wicked smile

Each day say to yourself that you are the best, the strongest, and the most deadly. Eventually you will start to believe it. Finally it will come true. It came true for me. I am Grimalkin.

What I've done means no witch can ever control you like that. It's my mark, see. My brand. It warns them off. Apart from that, it don't mean much, though. Not if you don't want it to. Don't have to sit next to me. Movie if you want. Do you want to go?" I shook my head. "I'm happy sitting here next to you." "And I'm happy here sitting next to you. So we're both happy. What can be wrong with that?

Sometimes, when something bad leaves the world, something good enters in its place. I've seen it happen before . - Mam

How can you be lonely? You've got yourself, haven't you? If you ever lose yourself, then you'll really be lonely.

My dad once told me that women know things that men don't. That sometimes they have a certain look in their eyes, but when you see it, you should never ask them what they're thinking. If you do they might tell you something you don't want to hear.

Everybody tells lie sometimes, she replied . Wouldn't be human if you didn't. But mostly I tell the truth. - Alice

We are the strong ones. We squash anything that we don't like. Anything that threatens us gets smeared! (Grimalkin to Alice)

Ive chosen my path - and right or wrong, it's the one I tread.

Cowardice and courage are just labels—words invented by foolish men to bolster their egos and denigrate their enemies. In battle we should be cold, clinical, and disciplined. That

Have you ever felt time slow so much that that it almost appears to stop? Ever listened to a clock when the next tick seems to take forever to follow the last tock?

Just one thing worse than the dark, ain't there? And that's what's inside it - the things that call it home ...

But if everything's already decided, then what's the point of living?

Everyone has his price. It's just a case of making an offer that pleases him but doesn't hurt you too much. - Dad

Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others . - Mam

You have the Destiny Blade and Bone Cutter, in addition to the talents inherited from your mother. Alice wields powerful magic, and I am Grimalkin.

I'll tell you something now that I want you to remember. This is the truth. From the moment I first saw you I knew we were meant to be together. I loved you when we both lived with Old Gregory in Chipenden. I loved you when I was with Lukrasta. And I love you now. Either believe me or call me a liar - that's up to you. But it's the truth. - Alice

A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.

He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job. - Spook

Alice might end up neither good nor bad. She might end up somewhere in between. That would make her very dangerous to know. That girl could be the bane of your life, a blight, a poison on everything you do. Or she might turn out to be the best and strongest friend you'll ever have. Someone who'll make all the difference in the world. I just don't know which way it will go. I can't see it, no matter how hard I try.