Hope is a vicious beast. It sinks in its claws and it doesn’t let go. - Seanan McGuire

Then Angela turned on Kade, and said, “I meant what I said. It’s sick, how you pretend like you’re something you’re not.”
“I was about to say the same thing to you,” said Christopher. “I mean, you always did a pretty good job of pretending to be a decent human being. You had me fooled.”

New things are the best kind of magic there is.

Her accusations had been met with reality, and they didn’t have anyplace else to go.