Sarah Rayne > Quotes

“There is somehow something extraordinarily alluring about the scent of old paper, and the feel of brittle pages.  It’s a gateway opening onto the past; it’s a hand stretching out from the long-ago to clasp yours.”
― Sarah Rayne, The Forgotten Manuscript and The Unknown Crime. Two short stories.

“They never tell you, those poets and those lovers, that hatred and agony can take on solid substance on a green and gold spring morning, or that it can smell of newly-fried bacon and eggs.”
― Sarah Rayne, Property of A Lady

“Angelica,' said Harry, 'you're unique. I can't think of another female who would stage a farewell scene in a situation like this. In fact, in all my experience--'

'Stretching over many nations and five continents?'

'You know,' said Harry after a moment, 'if you don't get rid of that habit of quoting, people will start to think you might be intelligent.'

'Or,' said Angelica levelly, 'that I'm hiding a heart behind the cynicism.”
― Sarah Rayne

“some quality that was there before has been stolen. The scholar is still there, thought Taliesin, but I believe that the poet has gone.”
― Sarah Rayne, The Lost Prince