Quotes from Ruby Red

“You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you."

"Yes, but it's my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I'd hurt its feelings if I didn't stop and talk to it.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“If we were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren’t in a film, I’d go for the character who tried to strangle you.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“The others can’t see me,” said the little ghost.

“I know,” I said. “My name’s Gwyneth. What’s yours?”

“Dr. White to you,” said Dr. White.

“I’m Robert,” said the ghost.

“That’s a very nice name,” I said.

“Thank you,” said Dr. White. “I’ll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“The first pair Opal and Amber are,
Agate sings in B flat, the wolf avatar,
A duet-solutio! - with Aquamarine.
Mighty Emerald next, with the lovely Citrine.
Number Eight is digestio, her stand is Jade fine.
E major's the key of the Black Tourmaline,
Sapphire sings in F major, and bright is her sheen.
Then almost at once comes Diamond alone,
Whose sign of the lion as Leo is known.
Projectio! Time flows on, both present and past.
Ruby red is the first and is also the last.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“You'd think that would have been forgotten long ago. But no, no sooner has a little grass grown over it than some clumsy camel comes along and rakes it all up again."

Caroline giggled. She was probably imagining Aunt Glenda as a camel.

"This is not a TV series, Maddy," said Lady Arista sharply.

"Thank goodness, no, it isn't," said Great-aunt Maddy. "If it were, I'd have lost track of the plot ages ago.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“He took a hairpin out of my untidy hair (by now my complicated arrangement of ringlets must have looked as if a couple of birds had been nesting there); he took a strand of it and wound it around his finger. With his other hand he began stroking my face, and then he bent down and kissed me again, this time very cautiously. I closed my eyes - and the same thing happened as before: my brain suffered that delicious break in transmission.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“You have a mother?" Only when I said it did I realize what a silly question it was! For heaven's sake!
Gideon raised one eyebrow. "What did you expect?" he asked, amused. "You thought I was an android put together by Uncle Falk and Mr. George?”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“-¿Lista para la siguiente aventura, princesa?
-Estoy lista si tú lo estás-Dijo ella en voz baja.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Friends of yours, eh?" I think one of them's about to faint." Oh, my god. "That's Chloe Dale," I said without turning arouind. "She suffers from high oestrogen levels. I can introduce you if you like."
Gideon's smile grew wilder. "Maybe I'll take you up on that some other time. Now, come on. We still have a lot to do today." He took my arm (a loud squel could be heard from the steps and guided me towards the limousine.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Whenever he looks at me with those big brown eyes, I feel like giving him a nut,” she said. She even started calling the squirrels running around in the park Mr. Whitmans.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Cruza las fronteras del tiempo y encuentra el verdadero amor"

"Me llamo Gwen y soy la última viajera en el tiempo. Así empieza la aventura de mi vida”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“I still have a headache,” said
Charlotte, without looking up from the
floor.
“There, you see?” Aunt Glenda gave
a venomous smile.
“I have a headache too,” said Mum.
“But that doesn’t mean I’m about to start traveling in time.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“What do you mean, a ghost? The Honorable James Augustus Peregrine Pympoole-Bothame, heir to the fourteenth Earl of Hardsdale, is taking no insults from young girls!”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“E major's the key of the Black Tourmaline,
Sapphire sings in F major, and bright is her sheen.
Then almost at once, comes Diamond alone,
Whose sign of the lion as Leo is known.
Projectio! Time flows on, both present and past.
Ruby red is the first and is also the last.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Maybe I should think of nothing at all? But that was passion impossible. As soon as I tried to thinking of anything, millions of ideas flooded my brain.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“I'm sure he knows you love him. All fathers know that
children sometimes say things they really don't mean.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“There are no shy women,"announced the count. "The modest way they cast thier eyes down merely his their naivety."
I was fast coming to the conclusion that there was no need to feel afraid of him. He was only a self-satisfied old git who hated women and liked the sound of his own voice.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“I envied Lesley her unshakable optimism. She always looked on the bright side of things. If they Had a bright side.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“No hay mujeres tímidas. Detrás de un parpadeo aparentemente tímido solo se oculta su simpleza”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“²Bereit für das nächste Abenteuer, Prinzessin?"
"Bereit, wenn du es bist", sagte sie leise.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Chin up! You're a Montrose, and we stay calm and composed everywhere, always.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Ópalo y Ámbar forman el primer par,
Ágata canta en si, del lobo el avatar,
Dueto —¡Solutio!— con Aguamarina.
Siguen poderosas las Esmeralda y la Citrina,
los gemelos cornalina en Escorpión,
y Jade, el número 8, digestión.
En mi mayor: negra Turmalina,
Zafiro en fa se ilumina.
Y casi al mismo tiempo el Diamante,
11 y 7, del León rampante.
¡Projectio llega! Fluye el tiempo,
Y Rubí constituye el final y el comienzo.

De los Escritos secretos del conde de Saint Germain.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“Ex hoc momento pendet aeternitas.
(La eternidad pende de este momento)

Inscripción en un Rel. De sol, Middle temple (Londres)”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“—¿”Rubí”? —repetí yo.
—Sí —dijo mamá—. Cada uno de los doce viajeros del tiempo está relacionado con una piedra preciosa. Y tú eres rubí.
—¿De dónde has sacado eso?
—«Ópalo y Ámbar forman el primer par, Ágata canta en si, del loba el avatar, dueto —¡Solutio!— con Aguamarina. Siguen poderosas la Esmeralda y la Citrina, los gemelos Cornalina en Escorpión, y Jade, el número ocho, digestión. En mi mayor: negra Turmalina, Zafiro en fa se ilumina. Y casi al mismo tiempo el Diamante, once y siete, del León rampante. ¡Projectio llega! Fluye el tiempo, y Rubí constituye el final y el comienzo». —Mamá me miró con una sonrisa más bien triste—. Aún me lo sé de memoria.
Por alguna razón, durante su recitado, se me había puesto la carne de gallina. Sus palabras no me habían parecido tanto una poesía como un conjuro, algo que las brujas malvadas murmuraban en las películas mientras dan vueltas con una cuchara a una olla llena de vapores verdosos.
—¿Qué se supone que significa?”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“—El conde tiene que agradecer el descifrado de los Antiguos Escritos a personajes tan famosos como Raimundus Lullus, Agrippa von Nettesheim, John Colet, Henry Draper, Simon Forman, Samuel Hartlib, Kenelm Digby y John Wallis —informó mister De Villiers.
Ninguno de esos nombres me sonaba de nada.
—Ninguno de esos nombres le suena de nada —dijo Gideon burlonamente.
¡Demonios! ¿Es qué podía leer el pensamiento? Por si acaso podía hacerlo, le dirigí una mirada asesina y pensé con todas mis fuerzas: «¡Estúpido fanfarrón!».
Apartó la mirada.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“—¿Preparada, Gwendolyn? —preguntó finalmente.
Le sonreí.
—Estoy lista si tú lo estás.
[...]
El lanzo su bastón de paseo al aire, lo atrapó con destreza y dijo:
—Yo estoy listo. ¿Y tú, princesa?
—Estoy lista si tú lo estás.”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

“La urma urmei, ea era prietena mea cea mai buna , iar prietenele cele mai bune nu au secrete una fata de cealalta .”
― Kerstin Gier, quote from Ruby Red

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