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Cate Tiernan is an American author born on July 24, 1961. She is known for her works aimed at young adult readers, particularly for her works in young adult literature and fantasy novels.

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Famous Cate Tiernan Quotes

“Have you ever seen a god laugh? It makes you catch your breath and feel hopeful and shivery and excited all at the same time. That's how it was watching Cal.”

God Laugh

Book:Book of Shadows

Source: Book of Shadows

“If you can change things, change them, but don't waste time worrying about things you can't change.”

Change Worrying

Book:Night's Child

Source: Night's Child

“Because you are in the middle of becoming who you will be. It isn't going to be easy. You may need help. So feel free to ask us for it.”

Care Life Lessons

Book:Blood Witch

Source: Blood Witch

“I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me - I cared about myself. I wanted me to live a better life, too Caring about myself was allowing me to care about others.”

Love Hope Friends Suicide Realization Coping

Book:Immortal Beloved

Source: Immortal Beloved

“Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I'd felt like a lake. A lake where everyhting was contained, forever. All my experiences, all the different people I'd been, everything I'd had, everything I'd lost...I carried them around with me, all the time”

Inspirational Time Hope Burden Realization

Book:Immortal Beloved

Source: Immortal Beloved

“It was revolting that I had been like that. Shameful. Disgraceful, in the old-time sense of the word. And what was even worse? That I could now see myself so wretchedly clearly. I had changed, I recognized bitterly.I hated that I could see myself as I was. What a terrible thing to know. I would never be able to not know it, to forget it.I didn't see how I could ever forgive River for that.”

The Past Nastasya Coming To Terms

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Maybe Paula was even Eileen's mùirn beatha dàn”

Witch Soulmate Sweep Coven Blood Witch Book Of Shadows Cate Tiernan Mùirn Beata Dàn The Coven

Book:Blood Witch

Source: Blood Witch

“Tracy looked at me with affectionate pity. "You feel alive. Regular people feel dead." "I have new batteries in.”

Tracy Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Good Lord, if Incy could be helped… then I was a freaking picnic.”

Nastasya Easy Work Incy Crazy Mental

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Is that a hat?" I asked, pouring eight rounds of batter into the griddle. She grinned at me. "A sweater." She held it up -- it was triangular, made of speckled brown and white mohair. "For...a Muppet?" I asked. "For the naked chicken," she said, and snickered.”

Anne Nastasya

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“Let's here it for modern dentistry, eh?" I said, and he grimaced. Actually, as much as people dislike going to the dentist now, try doing it two hundred years ago, when having a cavity meant some quack knocking it out with a chisel and a hammer in the market square. With no anesthetic.”

Nastasya Lorenz

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“I noticed Incy smiling at me as I rounded up my third or fourth doll-size éclair. I mean, I get the whole precious-food thing. But give me a big honking éclair, know what I'm saying?”

Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Okay, welcome to Creepy Territory. Here's your map.”

Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“I can't help who I am," I pointed out. "i mean, do you think I should just hide?" I tapped one finger against my chin. "Gee, if only there was some place, some safe place, like in the middle of freaking nowhere, where I could surround myself with strong immortals and maybe learn how to protect myself and...oh, wait!" I looked at Solis, my eyes wide with excitement. "Oh my God--that sounds like here! It sounds like I'm already actually doing exactly what you thing I should be doing! Awesome!”

Nastasya Solis

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“I turned off the griddle and shoved the heavy platter at Ottavio. "Carry these in for me, willya, Ott? And the ones on top are for you." [...] The pancakes on top had been shaped like a certain part of the male anatomy that seemed synonymous with Ottavio, to my way of thinking.”

Nastasya Ottavio

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“What?" I wanted to climb him like a tree.”

Nastasya Reyn

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“I said honestly. “You can only be formed by your society.” I came up with a quote I had heard once: “ ‘Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’”

Nastasya Intresting Saying

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak." Yes I'm suave. I'm mysterious. My name is Crowe -- Nastasya Crowe.”

Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Did I know any useful spells? Why no, I sure didn't. But go on, ask me the Latin name of, like, foxglove. Digitalis purpurea. You're welcome.”

Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“I woke up the next afternoon cotton-mouthed with a splitting, and I do mean splitting, headache. When I raised my head, I half expected to leave large chunks of it on my pillow, like a broken melon. Sorry. It was a really bad headache.”

Nastasya

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Actually, now that I thought about it, I couldn't place when our "bests" had been. When had either one of us been at our best? Hmm. There might be a message here somewhere. I'll let you know if I find it.”

Nastasya Incy

Book:Darkness Falls

Source: Darkness Falls

“Yes, word had gotten around about my amusing little defeathering trick (note: made the chicken naked). Apparently we couldn't just eat the poor thing and be done with it. Apparently we had to knit cunning lil' sweaters for it so it could squawk around the yard, feeling fancy.”

Humor Nastasya

Book:Eternally Yours

Source: Eternally Yours

“There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in 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.”

Love Happiness Joy Darkness Sorrow Light And Darkness Wicca Wiccan Sweep

Book:Sweep: Volume 3

Source: Sweep: Volume 3

“Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat." I grinned. "I've noticed." Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. "It's an equestrian term." "Really? I thought you were talking about his ass.”

Humor Witty Sarcasm Teasing

Book:Immortal Beloved

Source: Immortal Beloved

“The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death.”

May Teach Goddess Rebirth

Book:Awakening: Book Five

Source: Awakening: Book Five

“There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.”

Life Inspirational Light Pain Romance Joy Darkness Rose Thorns

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot.”

Wells Fire Lovers Hot Court Smoke Destructive Neglect Fragile Misty

Author:Cate Tiernan

“Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick.”

Feels Children Tree Lovers Stones Touched Goddess

Book:Book of Shadows: Book One

Source: Book of Shadows: Book One

“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.”

Ifs Way Eye Night Universe Found Talking Happened Protect Afternoon Her Eyes

Author:Cate Tiernan

“I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls.”

Feels Girl Catholic Foxes

Book:Spellbound: Book Six

Source: Spellbound: Book Six

“Women are impossible, witches are worse, and women who are powerful witches are going to be the death of me.”

Powerful Impossible Witch

Book:Seeker: Book Ten

Source: Seeker: Book Ten

“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.”

Knows Want I Can Pain Fighting Despair Tired Torture I Want You Reminding I'm Tired Tired Of Fighting

Author:Cate Tiernan

“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.”

Wells Said Moments Fun Boring Laughed My Sister

Author:Cate Tiernan

“Of course, when we got home, we found that Dagda had peed on my down comforter. He had also eaten part of Mom's maidenhair fern and barfed it up on the carpet. Then he had apparently worked himself into a frenzy sharpening his ting by amazingly effective claws on the armrest of my dad's favorite chair. Now he was asleep on a pillow, curled up like a fuzzy little snail. "God, he's so cute," I said, shaking my head.”

Littles Said Home Courses Found Mom Dad My Dad Cute Chairs Carpet Shaking Pillow Claws Frenzy Snail Fuzzy Comforter Sharpening Ferns Shaking My Head

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“There are no coincidences. And everything means something.”

Mean Coincidence

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“I'd once read somewhere that is takes about half as long to recover from a deep relationship as the relationship lasted.”

Long Half Deep Relationship

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.”

Stupid Safe Smart

Author:Cate Tiernan

“Robbie turned to the house again. "Got a flashlight?" "Of course not." I smirked. "That would make me too well prepared, wouldn't it?”

Wells Courses House Prepared Flashlights

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“Stay here!" he commanded me, then he raced off after Cal. I stopped for just a moment. Then I ran after them.”

Moments Ran

Book:Blood Witch: Book Three

Source: Blood Witch: Book Three

“You have to admit he's good looking," Bree pressed, leaning against my kitchen counter. "Of course I admit it. I'm not blind," I said, busily opening cans.”

Said Courses Blind Opening Kitchen Looking Good

Book:Book of Shadows: Book One

Source: Book of Shadows: Book One

“Everything is fine and bright. Day must follow every night. My power keeps me safe from harm. The Goddess holds me in her arms.”

Night Arms Fine Safe Harm Goddess Every Night Hold Me Bright Days

Book:Full Circle

Source: Full Circle

“I don't love you. But I see the value of you, the incredible worth of you, more than anyone I've ever known.”

Values Known Love You Incredibles I Don't Love You

Book:A Necklace of Water #4

Source: A Necklace of Water #4

“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.”

Hard Strong Tree Shadow Rivers Wine Bottom Currents Honey Blazing

Author:Cate Tiernan

“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.”

Heart Littles Pieces Asking Opening Loving Someone Open Your Heart

Book:The Calling: Book Seven

Source: The Calling: Book Seven

“Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one’s life.”

Be Good

Author:Cate Tiernan

“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”

Heart May Helping Pain Universe Grief Compassion Greater Bears Comfort One Day Flow Let Me Embrace Ease Grieving Goddess Open Your Heart Greater Love

Book:The Calling: Book Seven

Source: The Calling: Book Seven

“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”

Giving Moments Pain Joy Darkness Sorrow Giving Up Rose Remembered Life And Death That Moment Torment Thorns

Book:Awakening: Book Five

Source: Awakening: Book Five

“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.”

Ifs Firsts Might Struggle Too Much Fronts Climbs Stunned Frying Frying Pans

Author: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?”

Ifs Kind Persons Made Perfect Imagine Sick Tales Fairy Fairy Tale Happily Ever After Ever After

Author:Cate Tiernan

“Heritage does not equal destiny.”

Doe Destiny Equal Heritage

Book:The Calling: Book Seven

Source: The Calling: Book Seven

About the Author

Born: July 24, 1961
Known for: Author
Quotes: 73

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