Helena Marchmont > Quotes

“Books are our friends. Our best friends,” she said with sudden passion. “They’re a portal to other worlds. They’re full of drama and wisdom and fun and showing you how to see things differently.”
― Helena Marchmont, When Night falls

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” Oscar Wilde”
― Helena Marchmont, Murder at the Magnolia Inn

“clarity remembered what the original Oscar had said: “After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally”
― Helena Marchmont, Death of a Ladies' Man

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older, they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” Oscar Wilde”
― Helena Marchmont, Lost and Found

“Er war glücklich gewesen, weil es keinen Grund gegeben hatte, betrübt zu sein.”
― Helena Marchmont, Murder at the Mousetrap

“The good ended happily and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”
― Helena Marchmont, When Night falls

“You said it yourself. For the summer solstice. It’s important to me to be in nature for the celebration. I’m a great fan of Thoreau, as you’ve probably gathered. He said, ‘Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.’ At midnight before the solstice, I’ll light a fire, and hold a vigil until sunrise.”
― Helena Marchmont, Sheep Secrets

“She opened the wardrobe door and reached behind a row of shoes to retrieve the box. She laid it on the dressing table, admiring the carved wood, the delicate brass clasps and hinges. She had been given it when she was a child by an elderly uncle, who said it had been made specially for the most beautiful girl in the world. And only that girl would be able to open it. She smiled as she remembered opening it without difficulty, giving a cry of delight: “It’s me! I’m the most beautiful girl in the world.” She had resolved there and then that it would contain her most precious objects.”
― Helena Marchmont, Poison Ivy