The Amalfi Curse Quotes

“Inhale, he’d taught her, and count five or six stars. Imagine they form a shape, that they are something altogether different than stars. Just as you are different than your feelings, your pain. They do not make you who you are.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Sometimes, the greatest treasure to be found is...love.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Shipwrecks were full of mystery, and he taught me to explore them as a nautical archaeologist might.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“I'd never seen ocean like this. I'd never seen blue like this.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Greedy pirates went for all kinds of loot. Hungry pirates went for nets full of fish. Lustful pirates went for the women.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Isn't that why men fear witches anyway? A woman using her powers to destroy them.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Above her, Mari could see nothing but sky, studded with bright, blinking stars, the same stars she’d been gazing at just an hour ago in the olive grove. How safe they are, Mari thought to herself, year after year, hour after hour, while the rest of the world shifts and shudders.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“19”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“For if the village men got word of the truth, there would be complications. They would tell their friends, and their friends would tell their friends, and soon the entire coastline would be moving to town, monetizing and exploiting the women and their gifts.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“She wore bright red lipstick, and her ash colored hair was pulled aside in a long braid. She struck me at once as warm and spirited.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Her hair was the rich, deep hue of blood.”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“A second woman with lighter hair, the color of persimmon,”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse

“Her hair was the color of vermilion,”
― Sarah Penner, The Amalfi Curse