13 Quotes by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

You shall have," Gillie said, "the king's bread and goat milk.""The magical goat milk?""The same.""Will it make me beautiful?""It cannot. You are already that.

Gillie caught Delilah's hand before it struck, and held it firmly in his own. He stared at her for a long time, but said nothing. Then at last he spoke softly, "Don't you hurt her. Not ever. If you ever hurt her I will come back and witch you, old trollop, and you will wish you had never been born." His words were so soft, so measured, and so filled with meaning that a shiver went through the room.

And Anwin said, "It turned out just as an enchantment should.""But Anwin, it wasn't an enchantment really, it just—""Yes, child, it was the greatest enchantment of all." He winked at the prince. "Gillie understood all along what the enchantment was.

Gillie caught Delilah’s hand before it struck, and held it firmly in his own. He stared at her for a long time, but said nothing. Then at last he spoke softly, “Don’t you hurt her. Not ever. If you ever hurt her I will come back and witch you, old trollop, and you will wish you had never been born.” His words were so soft, so measured, and so filled with meaning that a shiver went through the room.