“We can’t hold onto things. Time is like the river. It carries us off, and faster than we would like, most often.”
“But love is not comprised of words, pretty though they are to hear. It is comprised of the choices you make in every moment.”
“It is extraordinary how the human mind sees what it anticipates and is blind to anything that could not be dreamed of.”
“It was the kind of day that glittered and beckoned like a foretaste of heaven. The snow no longer fell, but lay thick and silver-white on the ground. The sun dazzled and the sky was a rich, celestial blue. On such a day as this, the whole world might change.”
“The wind whispered secrets in its own incomprehensible language.”
“It is intention and orientation of the heart [...] that matters most.”
“Disseminating knowledge is the human duty, sharing it about so that all can benefit.”
“Spring is not yet here, but the song of a solitary, pioneering blackbird when I wake, the smell of something warm and floral on the air in fleeting moments, these signs give me hope.”
“Thank you, I am well, certainly, and I have found more happiness in the last months than I ever hoped I might.”
“But the beauty of impossible dreams is that they are impossible- the hows and whens don't really matter.”
“become great friends with Grandmother.’ Mrs Nesbitt informs me, in her sweet, winsome way, that it is extremely important for a woman in her position to have her own life and her own circle of friends. She would not, she adds, be averse to marrying again.”
“Sentirmi ripetere ancora una volta che non posso è qualcosa che non riesco più a sopportare.”
“you. It kept her so busy while she was here. The”
“You find your refuge in conventions and tell yourself that the bargains you have struck are morally sound, because they are socially sanctioned. Only the weak require such a refuge.”
“Le dee non hanno il cuore malato.”
“as though reading my mind. ‘Everything different”
“ultimate demonstration of Constance’s taste for the”
“that. I had a fever upon me to grab any opportunity that came my way and consequences be damned. But there was another reason for my fervent resolve – one that I have never told you. I shall do so now.”
“Like Aurelia, he is a lover of humanity in all its quirks and foibles, quick to delight and slow to judge.”
“At last an energetic reel defeats me. I cannot keep”
“determined set to his chin . . . all so”
“Although the deepest of snow in living memory lay upon the ground, the sun was shining and Aurelia breathed easiest out of doors. The four walls of any given room could not give her the horizons she longed for - horizons she could measure with her eyes and strive to conquer with her own two legs. She was like a wild animal, Cook always said.”
“familiar; she must be a neighbour of the Wisters, I muse, as Mrs Nesbitt runs on: ‘There is her sister Meribelle, never married. Unsurprising. She’s a dear girl but has the gift of”
“believes, and you implied, that I am a . . . I am a .”
“Ciascuno di noi è unico, e amare qualcuno significa amare tutte le piccole cose di cui è composto.”
“Herger said to me, "Be thankful, for you are fortunate."
I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, "If you have the fear of high places, than this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.”
“Good, glad you agree,” Wrath muttered as he cued George. The dog signaled that they’d come up to a barrier by halting, and Wrath reached out, his palm finding a sheet that was stiff and thick. Dropping his hold on the halter, he used two hands to pull it aside so he didn’t tear it from its tethers above. The voices stopped immediately. Except for one that breathed, “Holy . . . shit.” All at once there was a clattering, as if tools were being dropped to the floor—and then a rustling. Like seven males of some size had just gone down on their knees. For a moment, Wrath’s eyes teared up behind his wraparounds. “Evening,” he said, trying to be all casual. “How’s the work going?” No answer. And he could smell the stunned disbelief—it was like sautéed onions, not entirely unpleasant. “My lord,” came a low greeting. “It is a great honor to be in your presence.” He opened his mouth to blow that off . . . except as he inhaled, he realized that was the truth. For each and every one of them. They were honestly in awe and overcome. In a hoarse voice, he said, “Welcome to my home.”
“If you knew enough Greek, she thought, you could assemble a word that meant divination via the pattern of grease left on a paper plate by broasted potatoes. But it would be a long word.”
“irony irritated him. There was no place for irony in marketing: it made people want to look for deeper meaning. There was no place in marketing for that, either.”
“My wails of sorrow
are tormenting my soul”
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