Patricia Robinson > Patricia's Quotes

“I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!”
― Brian Jacques

“Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.”
― Brian Jacques

“Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!”
― Brian Jacques

“If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words.”
― Brian Jacques

“Keep trying, especially at first. It can be very discouraging if your submissions keep being rejected by a publisher, but if your work is what people want to read, you should get there eventually!”
― Robin Jarvis

“The years just pass like trains
I wave but they don't slow down”
― Steven Wilson

“In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.”
― Sarah Brightman

“You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way”
― Sarah Brightman

“I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser.”
― Sarah Brightman

“What made it special made it dangerous, so I bury it... and forget.”
― Kate Bush

“I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.”
― Kate Bush

“Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you--haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe--I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“I'm one of those regular weird people.”
― Janis Joplin

“Alone, her soul destroyed and her heart bereft and empty, the Lady Ninnia touched her amulet and closed her eyes. "No," she breathed, "I was wrong. This time, my wisdom has failed me. Our daughter is not ready. To become the Handmaiden of Orion, one must know terrible grief in order to learn compassion." She gazed after her husband and shook her head sorrowfully. "Even the deaths of us, her parents, are not, I fear, enough. May she find what she needs upon that dark and deadly road upon which I have sent her. My poor, poor child - farewell.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Remember us, Belle," Cyllinus wept, "when the dangers are past and you sit upon the throne in Greenreach. Think of us. Do not forget me, little one.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

“When in doubt - wash!”
― Paul Gallico, Jennie

“She had delicate features - almost elfin. If you could imagine a fairy mouse that would be Audrey, although she would not have thanked you for remarking upon it.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Dark Portal

“I am Audrey Brown," she shouted proudly, "and I know nothing of spells, or dark magic: I place myself in the protection of the Green Mouse! Whatever you do to me I know that I shall be received by Him.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Dark Portal

“Under the stars we are as one. Theirs is the power of countless years. They see our grief and know our pain, yet still they shine and their light gives us hope. From acorn to oak, but even the mightiest of oaks shall fall. Thus do we recognize the great wheel of life and death and life once more. We surrender our departed souls under the stars and may the Green gather them to him.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Final Reckoning

“I come to call down my destiny - and it is tall and dangerous!”
― Robin Jarvis, The Final Reckoning

“Have no fear," the voice told her, "for in thee lies the hope of all. Only thou can deliver the land from darkness."
"How can I?" she asked. "I am just one against so many."
The eyes gleamed behind the dappling leaves. "Yet the smallest acorn may become the tallest oak," came the answer.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Raise thy head, Handmaiden of Orion, thou has borne thyself well thus far.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“The most harmful lies and the most hurtful, always contain a grain of truth," he said. "But nevertheless, lies they do remain.”
― Robin Jarvis, Whortle's Hope

“The moles came bearing their lamps and then the most ancient and magical creature that ever danced beneath the moon was lost in darkness once more.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Lies breed distrust, and distrust brings conflict.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Yours is a true heart, Vespertilio. Beware of it, for it is surely too large for thy chest to contain.”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Now is the time!" Ysabelle cried. "Now do I accede to the throne and claim my place as Handmaiden to Orion!”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“Hesitating at the last instant, she gazed back at Vesper, and tears brimmed in her eyes as she murmured in a meek voice, "Good-bye, my love." Then she returned to the enchanted device and called out, "May this new vessel serve you well!”
― Robin Jarvis, The Oaken Throne

“I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”
― Queen Elizabeth I