Moonstone Quotes

“Did you fall asleep?"

"No. I couldn't sleep that night."

"You were restless?"

"I was thinking of you."

The answer almost unmanned me. Something in the tone, even more than in the words, went straight to my heart. It was only after pausing a little first that I was able to go on.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone

“She touched the choker at her throat, a string of white pearls with a cream-colored stone in the center. A moonstone, Harriet realized, with layers of silver beneath its pearly surface. It was a jewel known to produce calm and balance. To emphasize feminine energy and wisdom.”
― Louisa Morgan, The Age of Witches

“Penelope.” The familiar voice spoke her name, bringing back sweet memories of childhood.
“Mother,” she whispered, hot tears rushing to her eyes.
Chrysippus placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Her head whipped around. For the briefest moment she had thought her mother stood beside her; then she turned back to the stone and placed it against her cheek, listening, feeling its caress of love.
“Hera imprisoned me within the moonstone,” her mother whispered. “But Zeus in his pity and love allowed me to remain alive inside until I could speak with you again, on the day you needed me most.”
“Then tell me what to do,” Penelope begged.
“Things aren’t always as they appear,” her mother said soothingly. “You must rely on your intuition and trust the greater power inside you to know what to do. You are the daughter of Zeus and have been given an important destiny.”
― Lynne Ewing, The Talisman