Tales of Thread Quotes

“For many centuries to come, men will avoid those woods, taking the long route instead. Beware the Stone Maidens, they will whisper to each other, beware the ones who look back.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“With every sunrise, a better person can emerge, for every day presents a new chance. There will always be many mistakes and there will be some regrets as sure as there will always be countless joys and as many moments to take pride in. There will be contentment. Contentment that you have done your very best. And no one will begrudge your that.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“I have a memory of my mother smiling.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“It is needless to day, therefore, that when someone mentioned I was blind - and I was old enough to fully understand the implications of such a statement - it caught me quite by surprise. I had never before suspected to miss some vital experience. It had never even occurred to me that other people experienced the world in a different way than I did. (...) I am relieved to say that colours did not lose their beauty to me despite my failing to percieve them as normal people did.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“They say old men are wise, but I am not one of them. I am a madman.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“Philomena and I look at each other, Itys' corpse splayed on both our laps. There is no guilt or regret on our faces. This had to be done. He was his father's son.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“If someone had told her seven years ago that she would love so fiercely again, that there would be a person so dear to her the very thought oof losing them would make her cry like a maidenn again, she would have laughed in their face. But here she is, knowing she wouldn't want it any other way.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“Somewhere deep inside, a sharp jolt reminds her of another boy with laughter in his eyes.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“If she wins, then what? It will not change anything. It will not mean anything, not really. She will still be married off to a man twice her age. She will still be confined, she will still be but a vessel of memories. What does she care for the approval of her father, for glory? Glory will not sustain her. Glory will not love her.
She stops.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“Unfortunately, marriageable daughters are men's favoured trading coin.”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection

“No last words for your Muse?”
― Hegeleen Kissel, Tales of Thread: A short story collection