Mechanique Quotes

“This is what happens when you take a step: you are moving closer to what you want.”
― Genevieve Valentine , Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“I had never seen her this way before, and I wondered why until I realized it was the tattoo; I saw, finally, there was magic at work here that was darker and deeper than I had imagined, that the tattoo was like putting a pair of spectacles on a child with poor vision. I stared up at the camp hill, my heart in my throat, and wondered what everything would look like, now that I could see.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Tenderly, as only monsters are tender, he asks, "Are you afraid to be like us, Ying?"

"No," Ying says. (How can she be afraid of anything, when he is so beautiful?)

She turns her head. Her breath fogs over the copper petals, until nothing is left of her but a dim reflection in his wings.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Then you are the bird, and the bird, and the bird.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“It was for Alec she made the wings.

It was the only gift she ever gave him; it was the only gift she has ever given to someone without a new name attached, the only gift she's ever given without killing someone first.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Aqueles que têm grandes desejos, nascem, não são feitos”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Nunca dá para saber os motivos de outra pessoa. Você mal sabe os seus.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Uma das coisas boas de tantos governos, acho, é que as pessoas não distinguem você de outros que mataram até chegar ao poder.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Mas é assim que as lembranças são - sempre verdadeiras, nunca a verdade.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Isto é o que acontece quando se dá um passo; você se aproxima daquilo que quer.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Alguns momentos são infinitos e aterrorizantes, mesmo que deem certo no final.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“Ler um livro é uma experiência tão pessoal que é impossível pensar o que alguém deveria tirar dela; cada leitor tem seu próprio coração.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

“He can't say what he wants to say. There are no words invented yet.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti