Sarah Quotes

“There was nothing humble in his gaze. Nothing brotherly, either. It was the kind of look that made Sililli's hackles rise. The look of a young animal, inflamed by Sarai's beauty and heavy with desire.”
― Marek Halter, Sarah

“Abram," he said, "allow me also to bow to your wife, Sarai. Perhaps her beauty seems quite normal to all of you, and she doesn't sear your eyes with rapture. But she is the most beautiful woman the One God has ever set across my path. And I have no doubt that he placed her by your side as a sign of all the beautiful things he intends to offer your nation."
And Melchizedek bowed to Sarai, seized a tail of her tunic, and brought it to his lips. When he stood up again, his mouth was quivering.
"I am old," he whispered so that only she could hear, "but that's fortunate, because if I were young and knew you existed but could never be mine, I wouldn't be able to go on living.”
― Marek Halter, Sarah

“He took my fingers in his, and for a long moment we remained still. Two old bodies linked together by our hands and by the thousands of tender words we no longer need to speak.”
― Marek Halter, Sarah

“They said I was the most beautiful of women. My beauty was a beauty that inspired as much fear as desire.”
― Marek Halter, Sarah