Marianne Curley Quotes

• This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me.

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  Wind, Mystical

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.25, A&C Black

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• Isabel sends her brother a look that could boil him in oil if she had that particular paranormal talent. A thought hits me: maybe she has. It will be fun to find out.

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  Brother, Fun, Oil

  Marianne Curley (2013). “The Named: New Rejacketed”, p.49, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Nothing will be resolved here. Nothing is ever resolved without war. It is the way of the universe.

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  War, Way, Universe

  Marianne Curley (2012). “The Key”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Grief and passion make a volatile mix.

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  Grief, Passion

  Marianne Curley (2012). “The Dark”, p.10, A&C Black

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• I did a research assignment on life in the Middle Ages only last year. I found the era fascinating, all that chivalry and court romance. But I never pictured anything as poor as this village. This is the pits. There's no romance here, definitely no chivary. And it stinks--of sweat and smoke and sewage.

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  Years, Sweat, Romance

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• The price for Jarrod's freedom is to be my imprisonment.

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  Imprisonment

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.158, A&C Black

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• I push throughthe wind to the north-facing window and stand before it. 'I will bring her back!' I shout into the darkness. I do this because I know Rhauk will be listening.

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  Wind, Darkness, Listening

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.151, A&C Black

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• Blood trickles from my throat, on to Kate's white nightgown. She screams at the sight. 'Jarrod, you're bleeding!' 'I'm all right, don't struggle I won't let it get to you.

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  Struggle, Blood, White

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.149, A&C Black

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• I recall the look in Rhauk's eyes the moment he spotted Kate. It will stay with me forever, carved into my brain like an engraving on a headstone. It's as if he found something he treasured, something he's been looking for all his life.

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  Eye, Forever, Brain

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.135, A&C Black

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• The cottages are full of life. It's incredible to think they are filled with people who know nothing of computerised technology, nor even running water, sewage systems or electricity. And yet here they live. Surviving.

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  Running, Technology, Thinking

  Marianne Curley (2009). “Old Magic”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Not to know what happened before you were born is always to remain a child. For what is a man’s life if it is not linked with the life of future generations by memories of the past?

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  Children, Memories, Past

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.2, A&C Black

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• For a moment Ethan simply stares. Before him is the monster of his nightmares: his sister's murderer, the beast who robbed him of his greatest love. How easy, how fulfilling would it be to take Marduk's life? But the arrow in Ethan's fingers slips to the ground. "No. even revenge is too great an honor for you." As the night falls and brings an end to this long day of darkness, Marduk inhales his last staggered breath and his body turns to stone.

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  Revenge, Fall, Night

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• He says, "I have loved you since the first moment I saw you. I wanted you then, and when I thought you didn't want me, I turned my love into hate." "Ethan..." Before I say another word his mouth comes down over mine and he kisses me.

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  Hate, Kissing, Mouths

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• Darkness at Blacklands is scary.

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  Scary, Darkness

  Marianne Curley (2012). “Old Magic”, p.141, A&C Black

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