Isobelle Carmody Quotes

“Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.”

“Maruman does not loll.”

“‎It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair.”

“That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.”

“Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them.”

“Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it.”

“Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.”

“My heart belongs to you,' He promised.
'Would you have loved me when I was a girl?'
'I have always loved you. Even before I met you I loved the idea of you.”