Sarah Lark > Quotes

“he knew, but Gwyneira always drove him to desperation. “Of course I didn’t offer him anything. I appealed to his reason and sense of honor. However, these qualities don’t seem to hold much weight for him.” Terence turned away, visibly ashamed.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“the world plays rough with fools,”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“There are some memories you can only live with if you don’t share them with anyone.”
― Sarah Lark, Call of the Kiwi

“Oh well, no rain, no grass.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“A la gente que se siente sola le gusta hablar.”
― Sarah Lark, Bajo cielos lejanos

“Now you’ve touched me.” Matariki helped Kupe up. “And the world didn’t end.” Kupe shrugged. “The bullets didn’t rain on us yesterday either,” he replied without looking at her. Matariki, however, forced eye contact. “You didn’t really believe that, did you?” she asked. Kupe looked to the ground. “If I’d believed it, I wouldn’t have run away, would I? Will you tell your father that I fled?” Matariki raised her eyebrows. “Didn’t he run himself?” she asked. “I didn’t see him once the worst of the fighting started. Besides, you were looking after me. Then again, maybe a warrior chieftain becomes invisible when singing rire, rire.”
― Sarah Lark, Beneath the Kauri Tree

“cuando alguien se empeña en no decir nada suele ser porque tiene mucho que decir, ¿verdad?”
― Sarah Lark, Bajo cielos lejanos

“—Si pierdes tus recuerdos, te pierdes a ti misma —dijo con suavidad—. Tus vivencias te han convertido en lo que eres.

—¿Y si no quiero ser lo que soy? —preguntó Gloria.

Rongo la tomó de la mano.

—Todavía falta mucho para que concluya tu viaje. Reunirás otros recuerdos. Y te transformarás… Esa es otra razón por la que no escribimos. Escribir es dejar por escrito.”
― Sarah Lark

“saca”
― Sarah Lark, En el país de la nube blanca

“parvenus.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“desire”
― Sarah Lark, Toward the Sea of Freedom

“disapprovingly. The two of them resumed their evenings together in the salon, and William renewed his consumption of whiskey. “Can’t we get rid of that Miss Witherspoon?” James groaned as he genteelly held the door to their apartments open for Gwyneira. Heather had been playing Schubert songs downstairs”
― Sarah Lark, Song of the Spirits

“bebido cerveza ni whisky. Atamarie simplemente”
― Sarah Lark, Las lágrimas de la Diosa maorí

“Kia ora meant hello. Tana was man, wahine woman. She learned that you did not say “thank you” but showed your gratitude through actions and that the Maori did not shake hands in greeting but rubbed noses instead. This ritual was called hongi”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“No obstante la humanidad tarde a veces mucho hasta llegar a reconocer que es erróneo. Acuérdese de la esclavitud.”
― Sarah Lark, Beneath the Kauri Tree

“suelo parecía”
― Sarah Lark, La estación de las flores en llamas

“Station,”
― Sarah Lark, Song of the Spirits

“of the publisher. Previously”
― Sarah Lark, Toward the Sea of Freedom

“primeros resultados a Richard y el profesor—. ¡Un día”
― Sarah Lark, Las lágrimas de la Diosa maorí

“Ten en cuenta que el sol no pudo brillar hasta que Papa y Rangi fueron separados. Disfruta del sol, Jack.”
― Sarah Lark, El grito de la tierra

“and”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“if God hadn’t wanted the blacks to work for us, then he wouldn’t have created them.”
― Sarah Lark, Island of a Thousand Springs

“Cat atribuía al hecho de que eran demasiado sangrientas para un hombre cultivado. Ida apostaba más bien por que esos trabajos le habían resultado demasiado fatigosos.”
― Sarah Lark, La estación de las flores en llamas

“He won’t touch her again; I promise you that. And now out! I’ll sort it out with him, Warden;”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“You not know how to”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“I think it’s always good when people can understand each other better,” Gwyneira disagreed. “Why should it be the primitives who learn the civilized language? It must be much easier the other way around.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“In 1849 he had forty-six chieftains sign a treaty in which they declared themselves subjects of the queen. The Crown has had right of preemption for land sales ever since.”
― Sarah Lark, In the Land of the Long White Cloud

“durch ihre zweite Saison – begann Phipps”
― Sarah Lark, Große Träume

“desperately needed to practice her German, because she couldn’t sing Schubert’s songs in English for”
― Sarah Lark, Song of the Spirits

“las ovejas, y el profesor y Richard abundaron en”
― Sarah Lark, Las lágrimas de la Diosa maorí