Helen Hollick > Quotes

“Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.”
― Helen Hollick, The Kingmaking

“Change has to come for life to struggle forward.”
― Helen Hollick, The Kingmaking

“We had so many dreams as children. Where do they go when we grow? Are they swallowed up by the mundane things of everyday life? Or do we lose them, leave them behind us in the dust, for new children to find and take up?”
― Helen Hollick, The Kingmaking

“It never leaves, not with someone we love. Their presence burns too vivid in our memories. Happen that is as it should be, for otherwise we would too easy forget.”
― Helen Hollick, The Kingmaking

“One day, lad, your eyes will light upon a woman, and you will never forget that glint in her eye, that toss of her head, or sway of her hips. You will dream of her, whether you are asleep of awake. She will possess your mind, and your body will be on fire for her. Nothing will ever erase the linger of her scent in your nostrils, the touch of her hand on your body, the feel of her flesh beneath your fingers.

When you find a woman to love, Cnut, your life changes forever.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“There is the type of woman you love for your need and the type you need because of your love. The two are not the same, and only the fortunate manage to find the second. Most of us have to make do with the first.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“Those you love leave behind their shadows to walk, always, with you in the form of memories.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“Emma felt frightened, apprehensive, yes, but also elated and excited, her feelings all tumbled and mixed together like a stew of varied ingredients tossed into the same pot. She was aware of the blood coursing through her veins, the beat of her heart, the breath in her lungs. Was aware, too, of that clenched knot that hung in the pit of her stomach. This was what it was to be alive, to be at the edge, facing survival eye to eye, knowing, KNOWING, you would win.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“Leofgifu was skeptical, but then she always was with men. None of them could be trusted; they covered you in kisses and promises, then vanished, leaving nothing but a torn heart, and ofttimes a swelling belly.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“happy memories are to be collected and stored with care in a treasure box, to be brought out and examined when sadness visits uninvited.”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“regent”
― Helen Hollick, The Forever Queen

“I have to be angry because otherwise the hurting is too much, too great.”
― Helen Hollick, Pendragon's Banner

“The tedium of reality seldom sits amicably with the shine of hopeful, youthful expectation.”
― Helen Hollick, Pendragon's Banner