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“But in a song or a tale, anything is possible”
― Juliet Marillier, The Harp of Kings

“The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“The god honors the faithful. And who is more true than a man who keeps his oath, though it breaks his heart?”
― Juliet Marillier, Wolfskin

“The error was not yours, Somerled," Eyvind said quietly, moving to the doorway. "It was mine. I failed to teach you the one lesson you could not do without: how to be a man.”
― Juliet Marillier, Wolfskin

“Who would awaken the past?
It shines like a sunrise
And cuts like a fine blade.”
― Juliet Marillier, Foxmask

“Trust is a thing you know without words.”
― Juliet Marillier

“You've only just discovered you have a heart. Let it beat a little.”
― Juliet Marillier, Foxmask

“Bran held his voice level. "In time, you will regret these words. You may hold me captive now, and believe me helpless. But each foulword you speak of her brings your death a little closer."
--Bran to Eamonn”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“I like your anger,' the Hag said mildly. 'I like your resistance. It makes you less than courteous, but altogether more interesting.”
― Juliet Marillier, Raven Flight

“What did she give you?” He turned and smiled at me, the curve of his wide mouth transforming his face completely. “Faith in myself,” he said simply. “To do what’s right, and not falter, no matter how hard it gets.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“Our family has survived a long time. We’ve weathered battles and transformations, enchantments and floods and fires. We’ve endured being sent away, and we’ve coped with evildoers in our midst. If I were telling a story of Sevenwaters – and it would be a grand epic told over all the nights of a long winter – I would surely end it with a triumph. A happy ending, all well, puzzles solved, enemies defeated, the future stretching ahead bright and true. With new challenges and new adventures, certainly, because that’s the way things always are. But overall it would be a very satisfying story, one to give the listener heart.”
― Juliet Marillier, Flame of Sevenwaters

“But some things did not change...
Courage, for instance. Dedication to a cause. Comradeship. When they were strong and pure, when they came from deep in the bone, those qualities could hold fast against all odds.”
― Juliet Marillier, Raven Flight

“Letters tell the truths a person will not speak. They contain the deepest of feelings, the wisest of stories. Letters are powerful. They contain messages of hope, love, change.”
― Juliet Marillier, Dreamer's Pool

“I know it's hard for you to trust me. If I ever find the man who did this to you, who made you so frightened, I'll kill him with my bare hands. But you can trust me.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“He and I…we share a bond. Not love, exactly. It goes beyond that. He is mine as surely as sun follows moon across the sky. Mine before ever I knew he existed. Mine until death and beyond.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“Quem é esta mulher?
De cabelo cor de fogo
Olhos sábios como os de uma coruja
Mãos fortes como as de um guerreiro
Delicadas como as de uma mãe,
Toda ela é guerra por fora
E bondade por dentro
Segue o seu rumo
O seu nome é Blackthorn"

"Quem é este homem?
Força nas mãos
Verdade nos olhos
Amor no coração
Honra no seu espírito
O nome dele é Grim”
― Juliet Marillier, Den of Wolves

“After a while, footsteps sounded on the flagstones outside and there was a gentle tap at the door. Of course, one of them would come. So close were we, the seven of us, that no childhood injury went unnoticed, no slight, real or imagined, went unaddressed, no hurt was endured without comfort.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“Liadan," he said, staring intently at the ground.

"Yes," I whispered.

"Don't wed that man Eamonn. Tell him, if he takes you, he's a dead." --Bran”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“All that he had of her was his memory, where he held every moment, every single moment that she had been his. That was all he had, to keep out the loneliness.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“You know not, yet, the sort of love that strikes like a lightning bolt; that clutches hold of you by the heart, as irrevocably as death; that becomes the lodestar by which you steer the rest of your life. I would not wish such a love on anyone, man or woman, for it can make your life a paradise, or it can destroy you utterly.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“He was, as I’d expected, sitting on the most precarious slope of the roof, knees drawn up, arms around them, his expression unreadable as he gazed out over the stonewalled pastures, the barns and byres and cottages, to the smoke gray and velvet green and misty blue of the forest. Not so far away the waters of the lake glinted silver. The breeze was quite chill, catching at my skirts as I came up the slates and settled myself down next to him. Finbar was utterly still. I did not need to look at him to read his mood, for I was tuned to this brother’s mind like the bow to the string.”
― Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

“Because if I see you defeated, then I think I will see Alban defeated, and if that happens, none of us can go on. To guard you is to guard the heart of this land of ours.”
― Juliet Marillier, Shadowfell

“The world is simple, I think, in its essence. Life, death, love, hate. Desire, fulfillment. Magic.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“I wish- I wish I could dry these tears, I wish I could make this better for you. But I don't know how.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“I had grown up. I had learned that being a woman was knowing when to stand firm and when to compromise. I had learned to laugh and weep; I had learned that I was weak as well as strong. I had learned to love. I was no longer a rigid, upright tree that would not flex and bow, even though the gale threatened to snap it in two; I was the willow that bends and shivers and sways, and yet remains strong.”
― Juliet Marillier, Seer of Sevenwaters

“How could you not know?" His voice was full of wonderment. "You changed me utterly. You were like a...like a bright, wonderful bloom in a garden full of weeds. Like a graceful capital on a page of plain script, a letter decorated with the deepest, finest colors in all Erin. Like a flame, Caitrin. Like a song.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heart's Blood

“Love...it complicates our games, old friend, it insinuates itself, disrupting the most carefully laid plans and unmanning the most disciplined heart.”
― Juliet Marillier, The Dark Mirror

“What sort of man would you choose for yourself, Liadan?, he asked me.

One who is trustworthy, and true to himself, I answered straightaway. One who speaks his mind without fear. One who can be a friend as well as a husband. I would be contented with that.”
― Juliet Marillier, Son of the Shadows

“a tree is never just a tree, it is bigger and deeper and wiser than a girl like you will ever be.”
― Juliet Marillier, Heir to Sevenwaters

“There is learning in everything”
― Juliet Marillier