148 Quotes by Margaret Rogerson

No. You surpass us all." Beside me she looked colorless and frail. "You are like a living rose among wax flowers. We may last forever, but you bloom brighter and smell sweeter, and draw blood with your thorns.

Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?

When terrible things have happened to you, sometimes the promise of something good can be just as frightening.

The stone itself bled the malice of ancient things that had languished in darkness for centuries – consciousnesses that did not slumber, minds that did not dream.

Nathaniel´s expression grew odd. "You like this place?""Of course I do. It has books in it.

She quite happily replied that she had plenty of books to keep her company. "The Director sighed. "Her attachment to grimoires is...""Concerning? Yes indeed. If she does not suffer from the lack of company, I fear it is because she sees grimoires as her friends in place of people.

I knew you talked to books. I didn't realize they listened.

The library possessed a life of its own, had become greater than Cornelius had ever intended. For these were not ordinary books the libraries kept. They were knowledge, given life. Wisdom, given voice. They sang when starlight streamed through the library's windows. They felt pain and suffered heartbreak. Sometimes they were sinister, grotesque- but so was the world outside. And that made the world no less worth fighting for, because wherever there was darkness, there was also so much light.

What is this, master - the third time I've broken you out of a jail cell?Nathaniel coughed. "Minor misunderstandings, on both previous occasions," he assured Elisabeth.(...)"At least you're wearing clothes this time, master.