India Millar > Quotes

“Good. It doesn’t matter how much you play-act, people only see what you let them see. They cannot look into your thoughts or your heart, child. Always remember that.”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese

“Life is far too short not to enjoy it,” she instructed me cheerfully. “If I have one word of advice for you, Junko, it is this. Never do anything that you do not want to do. Never put a morsel of food into your mouth that you will not enjoy. If it is raining, do not sigh for the sunshine. Regret nothing.”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese

“Everything that lives Has a soul. Make sure that you Treat all with respect”
― India Millar, The Red Thread of Fate

“Living only for the moment, giving all our time to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, cherry blossoms, and maple leaves. Singing songs, drinking sake, caressing each other, just drifting, drifting. Never giving a care if we had no money, never sad in our hearts. Only like a plant moving on the river’s current; this is what is called The Floating World.”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese

“The gods might gift us all with our thread of fate, yet surely it was not impossible for me to untangle the knot that I was faced with now. I”
― India Millar, The Red Thread of Fate

“We’re all slaves here, child. We owe everything we have to Auntie. But is it so different from being married? If we had a husband, we would do exactly as he told us. If our prayers were answered and we had boy children, then they too would treat us as their slave. No, believe me. We’re all better off here. We have good lives.”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese

“Never”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese

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― India Millar, Chameleon

“Nell.” I heard Sasha whisper my name from a long way away. He had no need to speak; I could hear his thoughts. “Nell, nobody will ever hurt you again. Ever. I will always be here for you, no matter what. I love you, dearest.” And then we truly were one, and the moon and the stars and the planets were no greater things than we were.”
― India Millar, Sherlock Holmes' Secret Mistress

“Never forget, people cannot see inside your head. They see only what you allow them to see.”
― India Millar, The Song of the Wild Geese