“This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“Not to know what happened before you were born is always to remain a child. For what is a man’s life if it is not linked with the life of future generations by memories of the past?”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“The cottages are full of life. It's incredible to think they are filled with people who know nothing of computerised technology, nor even running water, sewage systems or electricity. And yet here they live. Surviving.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“The price for Jarrod's freedom is to be my imprisonment.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“I recall the look in Rhauk's eyes the moment he spotted Kate. It will stay with me forever, carved into my brain like an engraving on a headstone. It's as if he found something he treasured, something he's been looking for all his life.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“I did a research assignment on life in the Middle Ages only last year. I found the era fascinating, all that chivalry and court romance. But I never pictured anything as poor as this village. This is the pits. There's no romance here, definitely no chivary. And it stinks--of sweat and smoke and sewage.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“Blood trickles from my throat, on to Kate's white nightgown. She screams at the sight. 'Jarrod, you're bleeding!'
'I'm all right, don't struggle I won't let it get to you.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“I push throughthe wind to the north-facing window and stand before it. 'I will bring her back!' I shout into the darkness.
I do this because I know Rhauk will be listening.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“Malcom clears his throat and Jarrod spins around, Jillian's amulet reflecting the morning sun. 'Kate!”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“Your self-assurance scares me.’
'That’s only because you don’t have any.”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
“Frowning, puzzled, I cross my arms over my chest. "Go to hell." His eyebrows lift as he draws near enough so that I can accept his offer of wine, and smell his pungent breath. " Not without you, my dear”
― Marianne Curley, quote from Old Magic
Marianne Curley
Born place: in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Born date May 20, 1959
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“Kad bih se barem, na samo nekoliko minuta, mogao ponovno pridići na noge smislio bih već nešto. Smjestio bih te negdje, pobrinuo se za to. Samo sapa mi je pri kraju. Osjećam kako curi iz mene, i kako se sve raspada, jedno po jedno. Peso, drži se ti mene. Vratit ću se ja. Samo da prođe ova smetenost, već ću se sabrati. Mislim, ako prođe. Ako ne prođe, uvjerit ćeš se u moju prolaznost, n'est cepas? Samo još malo vremena. Nekoliko minuta, da dođem do daha. Onda ćemo vidjeti. Ili nećemo. Ako nećemo vidjeti, tada će nas okruživati samo tama. Tama, posvuda, sve dokle pogled ne dopire. Sve do mora, do oceanskih dubina ništavila, gdje nema ničega, niti će ikad ičega biti. Samo ja. Čak ni ja. Samo vječnost.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Timbuktu
“Thou didst love me before I loved thee,
an enemy, a sinner, a loathsome worm.”
― quote from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
“Instinct told me it was dangerous.
I could handle dangerous. Dangerous and me went back a long way. We did lunch when dangerous was in town.”
― Devon Monk, quote from Magic to the Bone
“Teadmised hingamise kontrollimisest aitasid mul vastu seista jaapanlaste piinamistele ja veelgi suurematele piinamistele kommunistide vangina. Ka kõige hullemad jaapanlased on kommunistidega võrreldes härrasmehed! Ma õppisin neid mõlemaid tundma nende kõige halvemast küljest.”
― quote from The Third Eye
“Sex is . . . well, it’s so rude, isn’t it? You wouldn’t think girls would like sex. You’d think it’s too rude for them. Doing sex with a girl, it’s a bit like putting a frog down their backs or scaring them with dead mice or throwing worms at them. They’re such sensible, grown-up sorts of people. And yet apparently even the nice ones like you sticking the rudest thing you have on your whole body up the exact, rudest part of their body that they have. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me!”
― Melvin Burgess, quote from Doing It
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