The Crippled Angel Quotes

“Tom . . . is Christ among us?' 'Yes.' Where? Why do I not see him? Why does he not come to me?' 'Because you did not love,' Neville said, hating the fact that he had to say it.”
― Sara Douglass, The Crippled Angel

“I had thought that my being would collapse when I gifted my soul', said Neville. 'Why is it then that I still breathe, and feel, and move?' 'Because,' said Mary, 'when you gift something wholly and completely and unhesitatingly it returns to you doublefold.”
― Sara Douglass, The Crippled Angel

“Who better to confess to than a dying woman?”
― Sara Douglass, The Crippled Angel

“I should have loved,' Hal said after a very long silence. Neville's eyes filled with tears. ' Aye. You Should have loved.”
― Sara Douglass, The Crippled Angel