Syrie James > Quotes

“I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Let's not think about the worst. I believe that anything worth having is worth fighting for.”
― Syrie James, Forbidden

“In my experience, I have found that there is never a perfect time or place for anything. We can always find a reason to put off that which we aspire to do or fear to do until tomorrow, next week, next month, next year--until, in the end, we never accomplish anything at all.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Some of the most thrilling things in life are done on impulse.”
― Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

“Change often brings unimagined opportunity...If there is no struggle, there is no progress. To live in a safe cocoon- I believe that is not truly living. It is stagnation.”
― Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

“Some habits are harder to break than others”
― Syrie James, Forbidden

“The feel of her body against his was exhilarating, driving all rational thought from his head. “All right, prepare
yourself, Claire Brennan.”
She looked up at him curiously. “Prepare myself for
what?”
He gazed at her affectionately. “Repeat your mantra, or
whatever it is you do. Because I’m about to kiss you.”
― Syrie James, Forbidden

“It was one thing to stay in one place If you were happy and fulfilled- that was simply living the good life. But what if you weren't fulfilled?”
― Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

“If all the days and nights in the world were to cease to be, I still hold that we were meant to meet and to love and to know the pain of violent disillusion.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“To love, to be loved, and to be useful: these are the most important elements in a happy, meaningful life, and they can be achieved anywhere.”
― Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

“I was fortunate to attend a school with an excellent library”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“I adore a little summer shower, said I, with a deep, appreciative intake of the damp, salty air. It makes the world smell fresh and new.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Jane!" cried he softly, moving closer. "All these long months that we have been apart, even believing it to be impossible, it is of you alone that I have thought and planned. You are my heart ; you pierce my soul.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“He never spoke a word; yet my entire body was aflame. With shameful joy in my heart, I trembled as I moved against his hands, seeking more of the delicious rapture he was giving me. He played me like a stringed instrument, awakening within me a harmony that I had never known existed, producing profound and unimagined tunes.
When I felt him enter me I clung to him, pressing him ever closer, our two bodies fused as one. As he moved with me towards the brink of ecstasy, I was overwhelmed by an intense need that until that moment had never been recognized. All at once, just as I heard his own fevered exclamation, I felt the core of my womanhood explode with pleasure, as if my body had splintered into a thousand brilliant fragments of sensation and light.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“The book felt wonderful in my hands. I held it up to my nose and drank in its aroma. I think I'm addicted to the smell of books. It's as comforting to me as Christmas.”
― Syrie James, The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

“Interesting," said I, "is a term I reserve to describe people or things so dull or ordinary, that I can find no more promising attribution.”
― Syrie James, Jane Austen's First Love

“A line from The Picture of Dorian Gray kept running through my head- a line which, I thought, might have been written by the Devil himself:

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“Hayır, asla unutmadım. İnsan kendi ruhunun bir parçası olmuş birini nasıl unutabilir ki? Aramızda geçen her düşünce. her bakış ve duygu aklımda şimdi; yıllar sonra, sanki daha dün olmuş gibi taze. Bu hikâye anlatılmalı; diğer hepsini açıklayacak bir hikâye...”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“No! You have hope! You have motive! Labour must be the cure, not sympathy! Labour is the only radical cure for rooted sorrow!”
― Syrie James, The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë

“Drink," he said.
I pressed my mouth to the wound, first lapping up the blood as it flowed out, and then sucking deeply from it. I had only tasted blood a few times before, when I had sucked on an injured fingertip. The blood I now imbibed was nothing like the mild, slightly salty liquid that ran in my own veins. Dracula's blood was delicious. It tasted like a deep, rich, full-bodied wine, with a dark, delectable tang. It was ambrosia; I felt as if I could not get enough of it. As I drank, I heard him give an ecstatic little moan. His hand cradled the back of my head and held it there, urging me to continue, while his other hand found and clasped both my hands lovingly in his.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“You have found the person with whom you wish to share all the days of your life." His eyes lifted to mine and settled there, and he added, his voice soft and deep, "I have been searching for such a person for... a very long time."
Under his gaze, I found it hard to breathe. "You will find her one day," I managed.
"Yes," he returned quietly, his eyes never leaving mine, "I believe I shall.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“It is an interesting concept, is it not- the idea of never aging? Would it appeal to you, to be rich, beautiful, and eternally young?"
"I think everyone has a desire for perennial youth," I admitted, "but in the end, this is a Faustian, cautionary tale, about vanity and frivolity, and the dangers of trying to interfere with the basic laws of life and death. When I really think about it, I would not wish to be young for ever."
"No? And why not?"
"Because I would be obliged to watch everyone I loved grow old and die."
"What if that were not the case? What if there was one person whom you loved deeply, with whom you could live on for ever, under the same terms?"
I hesitated, then said: "Perhaps then it would prove agreeable, as long it did not involve selling my soul to the Devil.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“...Ama hayatımda hiçbir şey için asla mükemmel zaman ya da yer olmadığını gördüm. Yapmak istediğimiz ya da yapmaya korktuğumuz şeyi ertelemek için her zaman bir sebep buluruz; yarına kadar, haftaya, gelecek aya, gelecek yıla kadar...Ta ki sonunda hiçbir şeyi tamamlamayıncaya kadar.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as life itself. She didn't just write about romance. She observed subjects and social and emotional struggles that are struggles that are still very relevant today. She could pull at your heartstrings, but she could also make you laugh and cry. At the end of her books, if you're paying attention, you come away feeling a little wiser about yourself and what's important in life.”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Did I fall asleep and dream- or did I imagine it, fully awakened? I cannot be sure; all I remember is that the tall figure with the red eyes from my earlier dream appeared again in my mind, and his voice called to me out of the darkness in a tone that was both adamant and softly entrancing:
"My darling: you will soon be mine.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“(...) e mi manca il coraggio"
"Perché mai?"
"Perché adesso so come deve finire"
"Non accettare quel finale. Fai la parte di Dio...”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“Mina: for centuries, I have been alone. I have nearly perished from loneliness, and yet I could not die. I have longed to meet a woman I could truly love: a kindred spirit who shared my dreams, my interests, my passions. When I saw your photograph and read your letters, I had an uncanny premonition that you were destined for me; and once we met, I knew it with a certainty."
His eyes and voice blazed with such passion that all the fear and rancor that had built up within me began to fade away, evaporating like the very mist which had brought him here. He went on:
"From the moment I set eyes on you on that first day at Whitby, I have wanted you- needed you- loved you. But I did not just want you for your blood: I wanted all of you: your mind, your heart, your body, your soul. I wanted you to want me; to become mine of your own free will. The time we shared in Whitby was the sweetest of my existence.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“The moment my head touched my pillow, I heard Nicolae in my mind:
'So: my little theatricals were well received?'
'You made an excellent impression,' I replied in thought, with a little smile.
'I feel you smiling. I wish I was there to see it.'
I stifled a surprised gasp. 'How does this bond work between us? Can you read my thoughts at any time, or only if I send them to you?'
'I can read your mind at any time now, my darling.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion

“...
"Bütün sahip olduğumuz, seçim, anne!" dedim vurgulayarak. "Eğer evlenirsem aşk için olur. Derin, gerçek, tutkulu aşk; saygı, değer, arkadaşlık ve kafaların uyumu. Asla, asla, ekonomik güvenlik için değil!”
― Syrie James, The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen: A Delightfully Possible Historical Romance of Love and Literary Inspiration

“I was too stunned to think or move. I knew he desired my blood. And yet I did not want to hinder him. With a flick of his fingers, he untied the ribbon at my collar and pulled open my nightdress at my neck, exposing my collar-bone and upper chest. His mouth instantly found the supersensitive skin at the side of my throat, and at first, butterfly touch, I quivered and moaned in ecstasy. Suddenly, I felt two sharp pricks against my flesh, and I gasped again. The pain was trivial, quickly replaced by a feeling of languid pleasure such as I had never before imagined. It was as if I could feel my blood seeping out of me, and at the same time, something new, magical, and effervescent seemed to be mingling with my own life essence. Soon, it felt as if the tingling, liquid glow that had been throbbing in my very centre was pulsating throughout all the veins in my body, as if every one of my senses was alive and heightened to a fever-pitch- and with it came a sense of impending danger. Deep down inside of me, I knew that this was bad for me- very bad- that if he took too much blood it would kill me- that I must put a stop to it before it was too late. But I had no will to stop it. I heard a strange vibration, like singing through deep water. My head fell back; I heard myself sigh with intense pleasure; my knees began to buckle beneath me. If nirvana existed, I thought, in the remote corner of my mind which could still think, this must be it. I never wanted it to end.”
― Syrie James, Dracula, My Love: A Gothic Paranormal Romance – Mina Harker's Forbidden Victorian Passion