Bone China Quotes

“An unknown passer-by had seen a young priest running away, a thin smear of saffron in the night. If a Buddhist monk had really been involved Sunil knew it would be bad for everyone. It would take one single gesture, he thought, on furious shaven head, for centuries of lotus flowers to be wiped out forever.”
― Roma Tearne, Bone China

“Our land was always tired,’ he had said, stroking her hair, lulling her to sleep, his voice husky.”
― Roma Tearne, Bone China

“She did not want it. She took from it only the barest crumb. There is nothing of me left, she had said candidly, lifting her small face towards him. Not wishing to deceive him, not once, not even for a moment.”
― Roma Tearne, Bone China

“He saw what no one else did: that a mantle of despair was settling like fine grey dust on the distant island, clogging the air, blotting out its brilliance and choking its people. And, as the dense rain-forests turned slowly into pockets of ruins, and the last remnants of peace began to vanish, it seemed to those who loved the place that the dazzling colours of paradise would never be seen again.”
― Roma Tearne, Bone China

“His hands belonged to her now. It was an unplanned passion, swift and carefree, carrying with it the last glow of youth.”
― Roma Tearne, Bone China