Demelza Carlton > Quotes

“An ambulance took four hours to reach a car accident and take the injured driver to hospital. He could have died in that time and he was lucky to live. I found myself practicing first aid skills I only knew from theory and courses, then later having to assume a level of responsibility I hadn't expected.”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“lines he'd splattered on the wall of his villa? He hadn't quoted Romeo and Juliet, though – his lines had come from a different play. One she hadn't been as familiar with, though she did remember a few lines of it. "All the world’s a stage, And all the men”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“It was her job to keep him alive. Beating him to death with a palm frond would make her lose her job as”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“My heart swelled in my chest, like a froth of bubbles begging to be released.”
― Demelza Carlton, Water and Fire

“She might be a girl, but when the time came, she would have the heart of a warrior, until her heart beat its last.”
― Demelza Carlton, Dance: Cinderella Retold

“Hope was a curse all its own, for it tasted as sweet as mead even as it dulled his senses.”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“Last night was…the happiest night of my life. I wish for a lifetime more.”
― Demelza Carlton, Fall : Scheherazade Retold

“She'd left him a loophole, so he could break the curse, if he didn't want to live out the rest of his life as a frog, but she hadn't made it easy”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“He would see plenty of the girl, for unless she could summon another bolt of lightning to ride away from the island, she would be trapped”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“I may have pretended to be a man, but I could not tolerate smelling like one.”
― Demelza Carlton, Dance: Cinderella Retold

“Ah,”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“I have no partner and no children, but I still have family and my absence affects them, too, because where they might have relied on me in the past, now they have to rely on themselves and each other. But in my experience, meeting the challenges of working in an isolated location like a remote island resort makes you more resilient and better able to meet even greater challenges in the future. Even if you don't have a sense of adventure to start with, you soon develop one. It's hard not to. At the end of the work day, just standing out in the dark and looking up at the millions of stars in the sky…it's like no city job anywhere.”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“Caitlin did her first practical placement for medical school in this ward and we all know her. She”
― Demelza Carlton, Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer

“Siward arrived home just in time to witness Rosamond's meeting with Lady Schutz. His instincts drove him to dive between the two women, defending Rosamond, but he held himself back. If she was to be his queen, she would need to know how to respond to courtiers.”
― Demelza Carlton, Awaken

“So, what you are saying is that men are hard work while plants are not? I will agree with you there!" Rosamond wasn't sure what to say to that.”
― Demelza Carlton, Awaken

“She saved her brother's life. Why the fuck would he want anyone else watching out for him?”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“a lady who liked books. If Vardan wasn't in love with her already, he would have fallen a second time. She was perfection itself.”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“In King Erik's crowded cathedral, where countless courtiers jostled each other for a glimpse of their radiant new queen, Lady Margareta of Beacon Isle, Princess Rosamond stood alone.”
― Demelza Carlton, Awaken

“here for some time. Just like everyone else.”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“Every day and every night, I think only of you. I would give you my whole kingdom in exchange for one more night of bliss with you.”
― Demelza Carlton, Awaken

“You are the reason I will fight my whole life long, so that I can keep you, and keep you safe. For I could stand losing each and every city in the kingdom, and even the throne itself, but I would not survive losing you. I love you, Mai, my dancer, my balance, and all the honour and glory a man could hope for. All I can offer in return is myself, as your prince.”
― Demelza Carlton, Dance: Cinderella Retold

“Hans rubbed his eyes, certain he was still dreaming, but the tower did not disappear”
― Demelza Carlton, Fall : Scheherazade Retold

“I tried to smile, but it was hard. I wanted desperately to know what had scared her, but I didn't dare ask with an angry audience. "What do you think of my new car?" I asked, seeing movement around me as more of her neighbours emerged from their houses. I wondered which one held the piano-playing child. Most of them were armed with sporting equipment – I saw a couple more hockey sticks, some cricket bats and a tennis racquet. One bloke carried a massive axe that I hoped stayed”
― Demelza Carlton, Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer

“A woman such as her should never be broken by a bad husband.”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold

“When the empire's army was too busy raping the women of one village to save their own people, perhaps it deserved to fall.”
― Demelza Carlton, Fly: Goose Girl Retold

“Somehow her shirt had come open completely, giving him all the access he needed to caress her breasts with both hands,”
― Demelza Carlton, Cowboys and Aliens

“I'd hire you, and I'd send you to one of those adventurous places before looking for a transfer for myself. You make working in the arse-end of nowhere sound exciting." Audra laughed. "This isn't”
― Demelza Carlton, Maid for the Rock Star

“screech and a thump were my only whisper of warning. I sighed. Another suicide.”
― Demelza Carlton, Ocean's Secret

“On that first night, when I first saw you, I thought I had died and heaven had given me a goddess for my own, like the heroes of old. I forgot everything of my life, my responsibilities, for my heart and my mind were full of nothing but you and how best to please you." Siward swallowed, then continued, "You have not left my thoughts for a moment since.”
― Demelza Carlton, Awaken

“so that the prince pursued her all over the country to return her precious shoes.”
― Demelza Carlton, Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold