“She went on because there was no going back.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“Every man or woman who makes a stand helps keep the flame of freedom burning.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“You don't like it that I am the one you need to keep the wolf from the door; that comes as no surprise. But I am the one you have. At some point we'll both have to risk telling the truth.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“Become my friend and you embrace a nightmare.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“It seemed to me it would be better to die standing up to a tyrant than to survive as a tool of his will.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“There is no place here for softness. Let folk in too close and you offer them up as weapons for your own destruction.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“I thought of betrayal and how it came so easily - in a word, a glance, a gesture.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“Because if I see you defeated, then I think I will see Alban defeated, and if that happens, none of us can go on. To guard you is to guard the heart of this land of ours.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“All the same, our eyes spoke of something good, something deep, something that could grow and flower if the world we lived in would allow it. Something too precious to put into words. Something I would not dare let out into the light of day, not yet.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“I am a child of Alban’s earth Her ancient bones brought me to birth Her crags and islands built me strong My heart beats to her deep wild song. I am the wife with bairn on knee I am the fisherman at sea I am the piper on the strand I am the warrior, sword in hand. White Lady shield me with your fire Lord of the North my heart inspire Hag of the Isles my secrets keep Master of Shadows guard my sleep. I am the mountain, I am the sky I am the song that will not die I am the heather, I am the sea My spirit is forever free.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“But if you remove a tyrant in anything other than an open and visible way, another tyrant soon stands up to replace him.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
“At some point, we'll both have to risk telling the truth.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Shadowfell
Juliet Marillier
Born place: in Dunedin, New Zealand
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“Faithfulness.” She thought of her second fiance, the bastard. “Life’s too short to waste it on someone you can’t trust. You should be able to depend on the man you love not to lie to you or cheat on you. If you have that as a base, you can work on the other stuff.”
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“The fact is, the only time a man is really and entirely a man is when he's just had a woman or just killed another man. That wasn't original, he'd read it in some old books; but it was true. That was why he liked to imagine scenes like that. Even if the creechies weren't actually men.”
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“Cheese!" I exclaimed. It was a secret prayer, whose meaning was known only to God and to me.”
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