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Jessie Burton quotes: We're nothing more than prisoners to your desire.

We're nothing more than prisoners to your desire.

Jessie Burton quotes: My brother knows the danger of having nothing to do.

My brother knows the danger of having nothing to do.

Jessie Burton quotes: The surface of Amsterdam thrives on these mutual acts of surveillance, the neighborly smothering of a person's spirit.

The surface of Amsterdam thrives on these mutual acts of surveillance, the neighborly smothering of a person's spirit.

Jessie Burton quotes: Like Tracy Chevalier, Burton is skilled at evoking place . . . Wonderful' Guardian

Like Tracy Chevalier, Burton is skilled at evoking place . . . Wonderful' Guardian

Jessie Burton quotes: True love was a flower in the gut, its petals unfurling inside out. You would risk all for love -- blissful, never without its drops of dismay.

True love was a flower in the gut, its petals unfurling inside out. You would risk all for love -- blissful, never without its drops of dismay.

Jessie Burton quotes: Writing is a leap of faith. But how wonderful that the person you're putting faith in is yourself.

Writing is a leap of faith. But how wonderful that the person you're putting faith in is yourself.

Jessie Burton quotes: Pity, unlike hate, can be boxed and put away.

Pity, unlike hate, can be boxed and put away.

Jessie Burton quotes: She had told me that the approval of other people should never be my goal

She had told me that the approval of other people should never be my goal

Jessie Burton quotes: her bed by the stove, Cornelia's hand hovers over the remaining cabbage.

her bed by the stove, Cornelia's hand hovers over the remaining cabbage.

Jessie Burton quotes: Growing older does not seem to make you more certain, Nella thinks. It simply presents you with more reasons for doubt.

Growing older does not seem to make you more certain, Nella thinks. It simply presents you with more reasons for doubt.

Jessie Burton quotes: Just because someone says something with passion, doesn't make it true.

Just because someone says something with passion, doesn't make it true.

Jessie Burton quotes: Then where is home, Johannes?" He looks at the maps on his wall. "I don't know," He says. "Where comfort is. And that is hard to find.

Then where is home, Johannes?" He looks at the maps on his wall. "I don't know," He says. "Where comfort is. And that is hard to find.

Jessie Burton quotes: The air is hot, the atmosphere a bruise.

The air is hot, the atmosphere a bruise.

Jessie Burton quotes: sometimes it's hard to love a person you know too well.

sometimes it's hard to love a person you know too well.

Jessie Burton quotes: For what am I, she wonders, but a product of my own imagination?

For what am I, she wonders, but a product of my own imagination?

Jessie Burton quotes: The bars on our cage are of our own making.

The bars on our cage are of our own making.

Jessie Burton quotes: Hard grind got us the glory, the saying goes-- but sloth will slide us back into the sea.

Hard grind got us the glory, the saying goes-- but sloth will slide us back into the sea.

Jessie Burton quotes: Because, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out.

Because, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out.

Jessie Burton quotes: I love. I love you. From back to front, I love you.

I love. I love you. From back to front, I love you.

Jessie Burton quotes: Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.

Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.

Jessie Burton quotes: Perhaps this is fashionable conversation - combative and unsettling, passing for casual talk.

Perhaps this is fashionable conversation - combative and unsettling, passing for casual talk.

Jessie Burton quotes: A lifetime isn't enough to know how a person will behave.

A lifetime isn't enough to know how a person will behave.

Jessie Burton quotes: But how right is it to kill a man for something that is in his soul?

But how right is it to kill a man for something that is in his soul?

Jessie Burton quotes: There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed.

There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed.

Jessie Burton quotes: In suffering we find our truest selves.

In suffering we find our truest selves.

Jessie Burton quotes: Why are we so trapped by the hours, the minutes of every day? Why can't we live the life that's always out of reach?

Why are we so trapped by the hours, the minutes of every day? Why can't we live the life that's always out of reach?

Jessie Burton quotes: How do I begin to love you? - the

How do I begin to love you? - the

Jessie Burton quotes: All we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make.

All we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make.

Jessie Burton quotes: This city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it home

This city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it home

Jessie Burton quotes: Then the birds flew away, their names turned to kisses, a silence to spell a new world.

Then the birds flew away, their names turned to kisses, a silence to spell a new world.

Jessie Burton quotes: GOD - the importance of invisible over tangible

GOD - the importance of invisible over tangible

Jessie Burton quotes: Amsterdam: Where the pendulum swings from God to a guilder.

Amsterdam: Where the pendulum swings from God to a guilder.

Jessie Burton quotes: Believe it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's.

Believe it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's.

Jessie Burton quotes: I thought I deserved them, the sort of people you found only in novels. Quick

I thought I deserved them, the sort of people you found only in novels. Quick

Jessie Burton quotes: But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.

But words are water in Amsterdam, they flood your ears and set the rot, and the church's east corner is crowded.

Jessie Burton quotes: Here she is a puppet, a vessel for others to pour their speech. And it is not a man she has married, but a world.

Here she is a puppet, a vessel for others to pour their speech. And it is not a man she has married, but a world.

Jessie Burton quotes: In suffering do we find our truest selves," she says.

In suffering do we find our truest selves," she says.

Jessie Burton quotes: There are horizons through the brickwork, you wait and see.

There are horizons through the brickwork, you wait and see.

Jessie Burton quotes: You are sunlight through a window, which I stand in, warmed. My darling.

You are sunlight through a window, which I stand in, warmed. My darling.

Jessie Burton quotes: This is not a conversation, it is Agnes sending out darts and watching them pierce.

This is not a conversation, it is Agnes sending out darts and watching them pierce.

Jessie Burton quotes: From little seeds great flowers grow.

From little seeds great flowers grow.

Jessie Burton quotes: Love your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom.

Love your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom.

Jessie Burton quotes: But the words she chooses withhold their best qualities, they refuse to match the way she feels inside.

But the words she chooses withhold their best qualities, they refuse to match the way she feels inside.

Jessie Burton quotes: The ink was secret nectar, for Marin isn't married.

The ink was secret nectar, for Marin isn't married.

Jessie Burton quotes: The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil.

The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil.

Jessie Burton quotes: Neighbours watching neighbours, twisting ropes to bind us all.

Neighbours watching neighbours, twisting ropes to bind us all.

Jessie Burton quotes: The more they try to look holy the less I am convinced,

The more they try to look holy the less I am convinced,

Jessie Burton quotes: We were born to imagine.

We were born to imagine.

Jessie Burton quotes: I feel younger than eighteen but burdened as a eighty-year-old.

I feel younger than eighteen but burdened as a eighty-year-old.

Jessie Burton quotes: Love is better in the chase than caught - by Marin

Love is better in the chase than caught - by Marin

Jessie Burton quotes: Hard grind got us the glory,

Hard grind got us the glory,

Jessie Burton quotes: Freedom is a glorious thing. Free yourself, Marin. The bars on your cage are of your own making.

Freedom is a glorious thing. Free yourself, Marin. The bars on your cage are of your own making.

Jessie Burton quotes: What was once, is no longer.

What was once, is no longer.

Jessie Burton quotes: You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.

You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.

Jessie Burton quotes: the browning Assendelft flatlands, this stranger

the browning Assendelft flatlands, this stranger

Jessie Burton quotes: She has always thought that kindness was an active thing. But the not doing of something, an act of restraint -- could that be kindness too?

She has always thought that kindness was an active thing. But the not doing of something, an act of restraint -- could that be kindness too?

Jessie Burton quotes: I see you are working your usual magic this evening." "Not magic, Madame. Just me." Agnes

I see you are working your usual magic this evening." "Not magic, Madame. Just me." Agnes

Jessie Burton quotes: Nothing here is more fabulous than the truth

Nothing here is more fabulous than the truth

Jessie Burton quotes: You have to keep your wealth afloat and no one will do it for you. It'll run through your fingers if you don't care.

You have to keep your wealth afloat and no one will do it for you. It'll run through your fingers if you don't care.

Jessie Burton quotes: A Depressive?' 'Smiles in ballrooms, weeps in bedrooms. Ill in her head.' Olive tapped her temple. 'And here.' She touched her heart.

A Depressive?'
'Smiles in ballrooms, weeps in bedrooms. Ill in her head.' Olive tapped her temple. 'And here.' She touched her heart.

Jessie Burton quotes: Love is best a phantom than reality, better in the chase than caught.

Love is best a phantom than reality, better in the chase than caught.

Jessie Burton quotes: of fear beats inside her. Who is this woman, watching from afar, who comments

of fear beats inside her. Who is this woman, watching from afar, who comments

Jessie Burton quotes: My life was a beanstalk and I was Jack, and the foliage was shooting up and up, abundant, impressive, at such speed that I could barely cling on.

My life was a beanstalk and I was Jack, and the foliage was shooting up and up, abundant, impressive, at such speed that I could barely cling on.

Jessie Burton quotes: Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us.

Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us.

Jessie Burton quotes: Marin believes love is better in the chase than caught.

Marin believes love is better in the chase than caught.

Jessie Burton quotes: Everything Man sees he takes for a toy.Thus is he always, forever a boy.

Everything Man sees he takes for a toy.
Thus is he always, forever a boy.

Jessie Burton quotes: A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being

A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being

Jessie Burton quotes: Souls and purses, she thinks, these two are obsessed with souls and purses.

Souls and purses, she thinks, these two are obsessed with souls and purses.

Jessie Burton quotes: The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.

The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.