Juliet Marillier Quotes

“Real life is not quite as it is in stories. In the old tales, bad things happen, and when the tale has unfolded and come to its triumphant conclusion, it is as if the bad things had never been. Life is not as simple as that, not quite.”

“Our strength comes from that magic, from the earth and the sky, from the fire and the water. Fly high, swim deep, give back to the earth what she gives you…”

“And as I watched him, I knew that in every dark night there was, somewhere, a small light burning that could never be quenched.”

“Even in that time of utter darkness, somewhere deep inside me the memory of love and goodness had stayed alive.”

“For indeed you have a choice. You can flee and hide, and wait to be found. You can live out your days in terror, without meaning. Or you can take the harder choice, and you can save them.”

“My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth.”

“Water and stone
Flesh and bone
Night and morn
Rose and thorn
Tree and wind
Heart and mind”

“Perhaps this is what the stories meant when they called somebody heartsick. Your heart and your stomach and your whole insides felt hollow and empty and aching.”

“You are… you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.”

“Come, dear heart. Lean on me and let us walk this path together.”

“A dream is the key that unlocks the mysteries of the waking world…”

“My world was changing, and I was not ready for it.”

“More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the world sleeps.
Jenny will do well enough.”

“Don't you long for something different to happen, something so exciting and new it carries you along with it like a great tide, something that lets your life blaze and burn so the whole world can see it?”

“If a man has to say trust me it's a sure sign you cannot. Trust him, that is. Trust is a thing you do without words.”

“All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had been his. That was all he had, to keep out the loneliness.”

“This is a long goodbye, yet not time enough. I have no aptitude for this. I cannot learn this. I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.”

“I like the truth, even when it does trouble me.”

“There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.”

“I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how.”

“a tree is never just a tree, it is bigger and deeper and wiser than a girl like you will ever be.”

“Stronger than iron
crueler than death
sweeter than springtime
it lives beyond breath”

“I know it's hard for you to trust me. If I ever find the man who did this to you, who made you so frightened, I'll kill him with my bare hands. But you can trust me.”

“I stared at him.”

“We cannot know the future. All we can do is face it bravely. We should take heed of those we love and respect. But in the end, we make every decision alone.”

“Wake the sleeper must, and confront his fears, or risk being lost in the dark places of the mind forever.”

“You cannot poison what is between us with your foul words. She is my light in the darkness and Johnny is my pathway ahead.”

“The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.”

“She went on because there was no going back.”

“You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.”

“Nobody expects you to exhibit godlike strength, excepting maybe yourself.”

“Good and bad; shade and sunlight, there's but a hair's breath between them. It's all one in the end.”

“Nothing comes without a price.”

“Every man or woman who makes a stand helps keep the flame of freedom burning.”

“How can he do this? If you were mine, I would fight to keep you. I would die, before I let you go.”

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