Heart's Blood Quotes

“How could you not know?" His voice was full of wonderment. "You changed me utterly. You were like a...like a bright, wonderful bloom in a garden full of weeds. Like a graceful capital on a page of plain script, a letter decorated with the deepest, finest colors in all Erin. Like a flame, Caitrin. Like a song.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Even in that time of utter darkness, somewhere deep inside me the memory of love and goodness had stayed alive.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Trust can be a hard lesson; hope still more difficult.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“This had been real: real in its flaws and uncertainties, real in its small triumphs, real in its compromises and understanding.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“With courage and hope, we can conquer our fears and do what we once believed impossible.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“He was seated on the bench now. He had his left elbow on his knee, his right arm across his lap, his shoulders hunched, his head bowed. White face, red hair: snow and fire, like something from an old tale. The book I had noticed earlier was on the bench beside him, its covers shut. Around Anluan's feet and in the birdbath, small visitors to the garden hopped and splashed and made the most of the day that was becoming fair and sunny. He did not seem to notice them. As for me, I found it difficult to take my eyes from him. There was an odd beauty in his isolation and his sadness, like that of a forlorn prince ensorcelled by a wicked enchantress, or a traveller lost forever in a world far from home.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond - the ripples stretch far. Such an act must leave a burden of sorrow, guilt, shame and confusion on an entire family. A natural death, such as my father suffered, is hard enough to deal with. A decision to end one's life must be still more devastating for those left behind. I cannot imagine the degree of hopelessness someone must feel to contemplate such an act.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“The warmth of his embrace soaked into me, a powerful charm against the dark things.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Hope is such a tenuous quality. To feel it and then to be denied what one most longs for ... Better, surely, not to hope at all, than to open the heart to a hope that is impossible.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“The most powerful weapon is hope.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“But I believe we all have an inner goodness; a little flame that stays alight through the worst of trials.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“We’re all trapped in a net of consequences, condemned to paths outside our control. It’s the way of things.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“I had learned how it felt to want more than the sweet touch of hand to cheek or lips to palm, more than a kiss, more than an embrace. I was starting to discover that it is not only the mind that understands love, but also the body.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“To lose you is to spill my heart’s blood. I do not know if I can bear the pain.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Patterns could be broken; paths could be changed. All it took was courage.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“I cannot expiate my sin, yet I am compelled to try. My mind will not let me rest. There must be something I could have done, some way I could have acted, something I could have changed to snatch victory from bitter defeat.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Practice courage in small steps.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“I will be brave.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Everyone has responsibility for his own actions. But sometimes we can lose ourselves. Out of fear or sadness or guilt, we become less than we should be. It can be hard to find the courage to move on.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“To allow hope into the heart is to open oneself to bitter disappointment.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Can a split quill write fair script?
Can a blunt axe cut wood for the fire?
Can a cripple please a lady?”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Only a fool gives up his one treasure.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“I took time to examine the garments more carefully. Not only could they help clothe me for the summer, but they might also provide insights into the history of Whistling Tor. The library held the ink and parchment records set down by men. But that was only half the story. Women talked to their daughters and granddaughters, weaving memories. If no living women remained, one might still learn something from what they had left behind: a garden planted in a certain pattern, a precious possession set away with careful hands, a gravestone for a beloved pet. And clothing. I did not know who had owned these gowns, these delicate undergarments, but perhaps they had something to tell me.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“There’s a lot of memory in these walls; there’s a lot of power in these stones.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“My voice had been muted by grief and by a numb refusal to accept that all I held dear had been suddenly snatched from me. Even now, I did not quite believe that in a single season the bright promise of my life had turned to ashes.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood