Dreamer's Pool Quotes

“Letters tell the truths a person will not speak. They contain the deepest of feelings, the wisest of stories. Letters are powerful. They contain messages of hope, love, change.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Human memory is a strange thing,” he observed. “How it comes and goes. How sometimes folk tuck the past away so deep they forget it’s there at all. The human mind is full of byways, dead ends, locked chambers. Strongboxes guarding matters too painful to be brought into the light; dusty corners where items considered too trivial are tossed away. You’ll remember one day. And if you do not, perhaps it is no matter.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Part of me has turned wild, and another part’s turned dark as endless night, and I’m not going to change back just because someone says I must.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Letters tell the truths a person will not speak. They contain the deepest of feelings, the wisest of stories. Letters are powerful. They contain messages of hope, love, change.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“The day before you died was the longest, slowest day ever. It gave you more time than you could possibly want to contemplate all the things you’d got wrong, the chances you’d missed, the errors you’d made. It was long enough to convince the most hopeful person that there was no point in anything.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Of course you will make errors; we all do. But you must learn from your mistakes. Learn quickly, and when you get something wrong, admit it and apologize.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Too much power made people arrogant and unfeeling. It turned them cruel. It blinded them to right and wrong.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“I’m fighting, I’m falling, I’m wondering how a god who’s supposed to be merciful can stand by and watch this. I want to shrink down and hide. I want to be invisible.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“You can speak to me."
"Not without a name, at least."
"Grim."
"And you are her servant?" At the expression on his face, I added, "Brother? Husband?"
He narrowed his eyes at me. "Traveled here with her. Fixed the place up for her. I look after her. That enough for you?" After what seemed to me a carefully judged pause, he added, "My lord?”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“The giant grunted in response. It could have meant Yes, No, or Move away before I do you an injury.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Not every man is a liar, some of them, yes. Not all of them. There are good men out there, men who respect women, men with the courage to stand up for what they believe in. Men who’ll be gentle with a newborn babe. Men who’ll defend family and land and country with their dying breath.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Just an empty road ahead. But it happens sometimes. When you least expect it, everything changes.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“There’s a difference between being afraid and letting people see that you are”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Natural magic, the kind that lets you use what is already present, the power of earth, air, fire and water, to help you in times of need. Small tricks, maybe, but deep ones.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Sometimes, when the past catches up, you just can’t stop yourself.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Grim gave me a look, but said nothing.

  ‘What?’ I snapped.

  ‘Got a low opinion of yourself.’

  ‘Did I say that?’

  ‘Didn’t have to.’ He drew breath. ‘You don’t want to start believing those things, you know. What they used to say, in that place. The names. The . . .’

  I waited.

  ‘It’s all lies. You know that. But when they keep on saying it, over and over, when they make you say it yourself, when they . . . It’s hard not to believe it. It’s hard not to think you’re the lowest of the low. For some of us, maybe it wasn’t lies, maybe it was the truth. But it was never true for you.’

  For a bit, I couldn’t think of anything to say.

  ‘Sorry,’ said Grim. ‘Shouldn’t have talked about it.’

  ‘You can’t know that,’ I said, setting down my cup and holding my hands out to the fire. Why was it so hard to get warm? ‘You know nothing about me. I might be all those things they said.’

  ‘I do know.’

  At least he hadn’t invited me to share my life story. If there was anything he and I had in common, it was the understanding that we wouldn’t trespass on that forbidden ground. ‘Your faith in me is without any basis in fact,’ I said.

  ‘Faith’s faith,’ said Grim.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Mistress Blackthorn?"
Fool. Who else would it be?”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“The person they’d locked up last summer was gone, and she wasn’t coming back.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“You must learn that such a life is not only one of privilege, but also one of service and responsibility.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Even after this, even after everything, still you are ruled by your dreams. But your dreams cannot help you.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“A betrothal is the beginning of a new story; it is a compact of hope and possibility. All marriages have their difficulties, no doubt of that. But the bond between husband and wife is precious beyond jewels.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“We all take our own ways. We all make our own choices, for good or ill.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Take control. Tell everyone what’s going to happen and stick to the plan, whatever it is.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“Shouts and blows may have won arguments for you in the past, fellow. They are pointless in the current situation.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool