Incantation (2006) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Estrella: The main character in the book.
• Catalina: Estrella's best friend, practically sister...or so she thought.
• Abra (Estrella's Mother): She helps Catalina through the book but something very sad happens to her.
• Andres (Catalina's Cousin): Was promised to Catalina, but doesn't wish to be. As the book continues he and Estrella learn more about their feelings for each other.
• Luis: Add a description of this character.
• Esther
• Deleon
• Duke

Quotes edit see section history

• “You can't tame something that doesn't wish to be tamed, anymore than you can make someone love you."”

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• Some people say, Save yourself and you save your life. I say, Be yourself and you save your soul.

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• You can’t tame something that doesn’t wish to be tamed, any more than you can make someone love you. All you can do is wait and see what will happen.

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• That’s the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife.

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• That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

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• You cannot disprove the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

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• You think you know somebody, but what do you know? Only what they want to show you. Remember, it’s what’s inside that matters.

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• Once you know some things, you can’t unknow them. It’s a burden that can never be given away.

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• May you know another’s suffering, may you know it all the days of your life, now and forever, until you understand what you have done.

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• Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.

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• What are the gates made of? I asked. Crown, Wisdom, Intelligence, Love, Judgment, Compassion, Endurance, Majesty, Foundation of the World, Kingdom.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Plaza
• Amsterdam

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Alice Hoffman (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. prevod Živa Sambolec (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › History & Historical Fiction › Historical Fiction

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