Clara Mouilleseaux > Clara's Quotes

“The world had set me up to believe that it was women who went mad. It was simply women’s pain that manifested as madness.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Animal

“The older the man, the more my specialty. I knew that when I met God one day it would go well.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Animal

“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“ART said, "I want an apology."
I made an obscene gesture at the ceiling with both hands. (I know ART isn't the ceiling but the humans kept looking up there like it was.)
ART said, "That was unnecessary."
In a low voice, Ratthi commented to Overse, "Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don't have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“You’re stalling, ART-drone said. I am not. I can stand here and be useless without any ulterior motives, thanks.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

“Yeah, I'll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn't I think of that earlier. (That was sarcasm, I have too much organic neural tissue for that to work.) (Of course I've already tried it.)”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

“But since the thing that happened I don't think I've had an emotion that wasn't the visual equivalent of a wet blanket crumpled on the floor.”
― Martha Wells, System Collapse

“Sometimes a good bowl of soup or a buttered piece of fresh bread can make a terrible day feel better.”
― Delemhach, The House Witch

“So what if your path isn’t straightforward? When has anything in your life been obvious? You’re usually pretty good at turning a bad situation around, and now when it seems like there isn’t any other way, all of a sudden you have all of us here wanting to help. Seems a bit too much of a coincidence, don’t you think? Why not go where the water’s pulling you?”
― Delemhach, The House Witch

“It was strange. The feeling of responsibility for a life that was not his own, and one that was completely helpless without him … It should have been a nuisance, but instead it brought a strange sense of being grounded, and important.”
― Delemhach, The House Witch

“I think we can all agree that all the kitchen staff are a little insane,”
― Delemhach, The House Witch

“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“There is a difference between understanding and forgiveness. It’s possible to have one without the other.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“It doesn’t really matter where we came from, does it? We’re here now. We’re ourselves. What more can we be?”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“Loki asking if he could talk was much like a fish asking if it could swim while in the act of doing so.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“I just figured you might want to make an exception for these particular feelings, bothersome though they may be, because they're about you." Angrboda stared at him, he stared back at her and, for once, he seemed to be absolutely serious. "What? I care for you as well," he said, "as much as I hate to admit it. Caring about things makes life for complicated doesn't it. Best not to care about anything at all in my opinion. And then you came along. I find it quite bothersome indeed.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“That's because I love you, and you love me. And even as I speak these words now, they terrify me, but I know them to be true. More than anything else, I know this. And so do you.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“I think you were the reason I figured I might be able to love someone," he said. "Why would I give you back your heart only to break it? I suppose that must mean something, right?”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“I meant what I said, you know. You're going to break my heart.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“There is a reason I will not be by your side during your torment. And that reason is you.”
― Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart

“Language creates possibility. Sometimes by being used. Sometimes by being kept secret.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“every night she shuts the windows tight to guard against drafts, and every morning he dies and is reborn beside her. she reminds his heart to beat again, as she did so long ago. he kisses her fingers, and combs her hair, and he treasures her, as only a man who has lost his luck and found it once more ever can.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

“The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

“I would bear anything and everything for love of you. Now, does my love mean so little to you that you would not suffer for it as I have for yours?” “Must love be about suffering?” She looked at me with eyes so black, I wondered how she could even see. “How else does one show the strength and sincerity of one’s love if not through suffering and sacrifice?”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

“Of course a book can change you. It can even change your life. It's like falling in love. And you never know when such an encounter might happen. You should beware of books, they're sleeping genies.”
― Gaël Faye, Petit pays

“Le génocide est une marée noire, ceux qui ne s’y sont pas noyés sont mazoutés à vie. Parfois,”
― Gaël Faye, Petit pays

“Le bonheur ne se voit que dans le rétroviseur.”
― Gaël Faye, Petit pays

“- Vous avez lu tous ces livres ? j'ai demandé.
- Oui. Certains plusieurs fois, même. Ce sont les grands amours de ma vie. Ils me font rire, pleurer, douter, réfléchir. Ils me permettent de m'échapper. Ils m'ont changée, ont fait de moi une autre personne.
- Un livre peut nous changer ?
- Bien sûr, un livre peut te changer ! Et même changer ta vie. Comme un coup de foudre. Et on ne peut pas savoir quand la encontre aura lieu. Il faut se méfier des livres, ce sont des génies endormis.”
― Gaël Faye, Petit pays

“Je me disais que son chagrin était plus fort que sa raison. La souffrance est un joker dans le jeu de la discussion, elle couche tous les autres arguments sur son passage. En un sens, elle est injuste.”
― Gaël Faye, Petit pays