Carolyn Turgeon > Quotes

“Tous mes anciens amours vont me revenir.'
- All my old loves will be returned to me”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story

“there are people all over the world who carry the mermaid inside them, that otherworldly beauty and longing and desire that made her reach for heaven when she lived in the darkness of the sea.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“It's a never ending dream for everyone it seems, to find again what was once precious and has been lost.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“Souls were webs of light that contained the essence of a human's life. Memories and loves, children and families. Every moment of life, pressing in”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“Go and you will see that nothing is as wonderful as our dreams can make it”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“I can't stop thinking about dying the way humans do it. Imagine! If at any moment, you could just stop existing. How different everything would be.." They don't stop existing Lenia said...They have souls that live forever. Even knowing that, they fight so hard to stay alive. I think it's so beautiful. Imagine: being that fragile, that permanent.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“I'm here!" I said..."I'm read to go home!" As if they couldn't see me. As if I couldn't remember what it had been like, fluttering next to someone's ear and whispering into it. How the whole earth was like a musical instrument that we could play effortlessly.
...I could not fly. My sister was not there. My heart was broken.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story

“Margrethe watched them paralyzed by the intensity of the emotions moving through her. So much pain and euphoria, a sense that even though her own heart was broken, the world could contain such beauty and magic she almost could not bear it? What did her own pain matter, in the face of that?”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“How could none of them comprehend the beauty of a human soul,shining in heaven for eternity? Where it would be whole again, as they all had been once in times past?”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

“Her face was like a pot of tea about to whistle.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story

“WILD THYME (Activity) This herb grows in a dense matted pattern, making it the perfect camouflage for fairy abodes and for sleeping fairy queens. A patch of thyme was traditionally set aside in herb gardens for the fairies to live in, somewhat like birdhouses are placed in the garden today.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

“Souls were webs of light that contained the essence of a human’s life.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale

“This is how it works, she thought. When the world becomes something new, it seems always to have been that way.”
― Carolyn Turgeon

“CLOVER (Think of Me) Fairies are attracted to clover, so if you come across a field of it, be on the watch for a fluttering of wings. But you might want to pick some quickly for your own protection, lest you be subject to a fairy enchantment.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

“That they have souls that live forever. Even knowing that, they fought so hard to stay alive.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale

“How can they be that poor, when our kingdom is so rich?”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale