Cirocco Jones Quotes

“She ran, and Gaea’s wrath poured from the world all around her.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“The possibilities were too varied to allow reasonable planning.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She had taken voice and piano lessons for ten years as a child, had considered a career as a singer before the lure of space grew too strong.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Her reasons were as valid now as they had been then, but it didn’t stop her from blaming herself”
― John Varley, Titan

“The thirst to do something outrageous and heroic had never left her.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Her hands were cold now that the confrontation was over.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Being messy and unable to do anything about it appalled her.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She wanted to sit down, she wanted to turn back. She was afraid, and did not dare give in it it.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders, and began to sing.”
― John Varley, Titan

“She could see wizarding was not going to be easy.”
― John Varley, Titan

“Presently the Wizard raised her head and peered at the rain, as though she had never seen anything as inexplicable as water falling from the sky.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“You can usually see a spirit of sand before the wraiths come out onto the surface.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“Her eyes were burning with a determination Hornpipe had not seen in the Wizard for a long time.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“She streaked along, touching the ground infrequently, as the lightning crashed.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“The biggest difficulty was changing direction.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“Hornpipe looked into those eyes, saw the fire he had seen there so long ago, and rejoiced.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“Gaea would be hearing from the Demon.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“Cirocco’s money had been piling up on Earth for more than seventy-five years. There were royalties from her scholarly works and travelogs of Gaea and from her own autobiography, I Chose Adventure (publisher’s title, not her own), which had been a bestseller and the subject of two movies and a television series.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“I’m never sure of anything.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“Cirocco stepped off the edge, and the wind caught her like a leaf. She entered the cable and sped toward the hub.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“It was just a feeling, but she trusted her feelings.”
― John Varley, Wizard

“There was a thin cigar clenched in her teeth and a blue-steel .38 tucked in the waist-band of her pants. Her skin was light brown, and her hair was long and streaked with silver.”
― John Varley, Demon

“She had the hardest eyes he had ever seen, and the saddest. They were deep-set, clear, and dark as coal.”
― John Varley, Demon

“She took the cigar from her mouth and showed her teeth in a grin.”
― John Varley, Demon

“Cirocco’s laugh was music to the Titanides because they heard it so seldom.”
― John Varley, Demon

“I can’t figure her out,” Nova confessed.

“You aren’t the first one.”
― John Varley, Demon

“I have plans for democracy later, but as of now, you’d better do what I tell you.”
― John Varley, Demon

“Twenty years after usurping power, Cirocco was wishing she had left Bellizona alone.”
― John Varley, Demon

“The Wizard, the Captain, the Major…the Demon. Cirocco Jones was all of them, and she was an old friend. But sometimes lately she scared Robin. Seeing her at the big rallies at the stadium, watching the throngs cheer her every word…it reminded her too much of the historical footage of demagogues of the past, the silver-tongued rascals who led their people into disaster. She was a stranger, standing up there, arms raised, drinking the vast approval of the crowds.”
― John Varley, Demon

“Cirocco stood up, facing the light. Her feet left the ground.”
― John Varley, Demon