12 Quotes by Celia Rees

I looked into her eyes, and saw my own staring back, the same peculiar shade, pale grey, flecked with yellow, rimmed with black. Now I knew the nature of her debt. It had weighed on her conscience for fourteen years. I was looking into the eyes of mother and I knew that I would never see her again.

She was all that I knew, all that was dear. I'd loved her and she'd loved me. Now I was alone in the world. How would I do without her? My thoughts echoed the landlady: What would become of me?

Those that can heal can harm; those that can cure can kill.

In the town live witches nine: three in worsted, three in rags, and three in velvet fine...

There are patterns in everything, in the whole of Nature, from the way the stars turn in the heavens to the whorl of a shell or the petals of a flower and the way leaves arrange themselves about a twig. There are forces, hidden forces. If I can discover what they are, how they operate, I will have my hands upon the levers of creation and can work them myself.

You may wish me luck, or curse me for a damnable pirate, but do not look for me. I will be gone to parts beyond the sea.

Don’t fear tomorrow, till today’s done with you.

Lies are not rooted in the mind in the way truth is.

I put my faith into stones”, he smiled at me across the table. “They do not rot, and they do not lose their value. They are light to carry and easy to keep close.” He patted his pocket. “They will never let you down.