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Karen Maitland quotes: If I had killed someone, it would certainly have come as no surprise to him, since he was always telling I'd end my days on the gallows. [Vincent]

If I had killed someone, it would certainly have come as no surprise to him, since he was always telling I'd end my days on the gallows. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: I truly believed that the creation of hope was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies.

I truly believed that the creation of hope was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies.

Karen Maitland quotes: Yet the ink on the page was ancient, faded. (...) Fresh iron-gall ink was as black as Beelzebub's beards.

Yet the ink on the page was ancient, faded. (...) Fresh iron-gall ink was as black as Beelzebub's beards.

Karen Maitland quotes: If they don't utter the words, it cannot happen. But words, once spoken, seal a man or maid for life or death. [Gisa]

If they don't utter the words, it cannot happen. But words, once spoken, seal a man or maid for life or death. [Gisa]

Karen Maitland quotes: God's hand can be seen in any occurrence for those who are determined to find it there, but then again, so can the devil's

God's hand can be seen in any occurrence for those who are determined to find it there, but then again, so can the devil's

Karen Maitland quotes: Et moriendo docebo - I will teach you how to die.

Et moriendo docebo - I will teach you how to die.

Karen Maitland quotes: His words burn like acid.

His words burn like acid.

Karen Maitland quotes: I'd love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.

I'd love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.

Karen Maitland quotes: In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.

In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.

Karen Maitland quotes: Sometimes I feared I'd turn into a bat myself, stuck up there night and day, scrathing away. [Vincent]

Sometimes I feared I'd turn into a bat myself, stuck up there night and day, scrathing away. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: He will not tell them that it lives, that it escaped them, That will be his treasured secret.

He will not tell them that it lives, that it escaped them, That will be his treasured secret.

Karen Maitland quotes: They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the whims of men.

They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the whims of men.

Karen Maitland quotes: I was about to add it was as likely a friendship as Lucifer and the Archangel Michael sharing a jug of ale, but I stopped myself. [Vincent]

I was about to add it was as likely a friendship as Lucifer and the Archangel Michael sharing a jug of ale, but I stopped myself. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: On the shelves of her uncle's shop a jar contains the powdered skull of a suicide, a well-known cure for the falling sickness.

On the shelves of her uncle's shop a jar contains the powdered skull of a suicide, a well-known cure for the falling sickness.

Karen Maitland quotes: He didn't care that he'd be punished. Punishments always came to an end eventually. [Felix]

He didn't care that he'd be punished. Punishments always came to an end eventually. [Felix]

Karen Maitland quotes: Edah Amsellah - The Tears of the Dragon

Edah Amsellah - The Tears of the Dragon

Karen Maitland quotes: We forget how bawdy and brutal the Middle Ages were.

We forget how bawdy and brutal the Middle Ages were.

Karen Maitland quotes: Those who kill can never be forgiven, for their victims cannot forgive them. And they go, drenched in guilt, to their graves. [Sylvian]

Those who kill can never be forgiven, for their victims cannot forgive them. And they go, drenched in guilt, to their graves. [Sylvian]

Karen Maitland quotes: There was a new king and his name was pestilence. And he had created a new law - thou shalt do anything to survive.

There was a new king and his name was pestilence. And he had created a new law - thou shalt do anything to survive.

Karen Maitland quotes: I have been wronged by so many men that I find it hard to trust anyone and see only greed and malice in every heart. [Sylvian]

I have been wronged by so many men that I find it hard to trust anyone and see only greed and malice in every heart. [Sylvian]

Karen Maitland quotes: You will sleep till the stars fall from the heavens ans the seas turn into dust. [Father Arthmael]

You will sleep till the stars fall from the heavens ans the seas turn into dust. [Father Arthmael]

Karen Maitland quotes: Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.

Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.

Karen Maitland quotes: Besides, I'm not sure they let ferrets into Heaven and I'd miss old Mavet.

Besides, I'm not sure they let ferrets into Heaven and I'd miss old Mavet.

Karen Maitland quotes: The woman never used one word when she could torment ten.

The woman never used one word when she could torment ten.

Karen Maitland quotes: The earth makes creatures well again. When you are sick you are put to bed, and when you are very sick, you are put into the earth to make you

The earth makes creatures well again. When you are sick you are put to bed, and when you are very sick, you are put into the earth to make you well.

Karen Maitland quotes: The essence of the moon, gathered by a virgin, added to the death of innocence. [Sylvian]

The essence of the moon, gathered by a virgin, added to the death of innocence. [Sylvian]

Karen Maitland quotes: Maybe that is what Hell is, being trapped for ever in your own nightmares and never being able to wake. [Gisa]

Maybe that is what Hell is, being trapped for ever in your own nightmares and never being able to wake. [Gisa]

Karen Maitland quotes: Curiosity was always my weakness and, once more, it got the better of me. [Vincent]

Curiosity was always my weakness and, once more, it got the better of me. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.

People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.

Karen Maitland quotes: She was like an outline of the painting of the Holy Virgin that an artist has sketched in black and white, but not yet filled with colour.

She was like an outline of the painting of the Holy Virgin that an artist has sketched in black and white, but not yet filled with colour.

Karen Maitland quotes: Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.

Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.

Karen Maitland quotes: We couldn't bring the sheep back to life, so there was nothing for it but to eat the evidence.

We couldn't bring the sheep back to life, so there was nothing for it but to eat the evidence.

Karen Maitland quotes: Sometimes mercy is not a kindness and pity is not love.

Sometimes mercy is not a kindness and pity is not love.

Karen Maitland quotes: He was a good-looking man, but then rogues usually are

He was a good-looking man, but then rogues usually are

Karen Maitland quotes: There was a man with the sun in the place of his head and a woman with the moon instead of a face.

There was a man with the sun in the place of his head and a woman with the moon instead of a face.

Karen Maitland quotes: You bear the mark of the ouroboros, the sign of eternal life. And what is that circle, but the shadow of the sun itself.

You bear the mark of the ouroboros, the sign of eternal life. And what is that circle, but the shadow of the sun itself.

Karen Maitland quotes: But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.

But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.

Karen Maitland quotes: Even when you're terrified, or because fear sharpens the mind, you get flashes of blinding comprehension. [Vincent]

Even when you're terrified, or because fear sharpens the mind, you get flashes of blinding comprehension. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: Hope itself is always genuine. It's only what it's placed in that can prove to be false.

Hope itself is always genuine. It's only what it's placed in that can prove to be false.

Karen Maitland quotes: It was a mark of just how saintly I was that I hand't smothered him to death long ago. [Vincent]

It was a mark of just how saintly I was that I hand't smothered him to death long ago. [Vincent]

Karen Maitland quotes: Reckon it's best if you don't have anyone you care about; then it can't hurt you. Don't have to be afraid of losing someone if you no one to lose.

Reckon it's best if you don't have anyone you care about; then it can't hurt you. Don't have to be afraid of losing someone if you no one to lose.

Karen Maitland quotes: Both the vessel and the receiver must be chosen carefully according to the nature of the ting to be distilled.

Both the vessel and the receiver must be chosen carefully according to the nature of the ting to be distilled.

Karen Maitland quotes: You are the sacred consummation of the sun and the moon and the shadow and you will become the poison of death. [Sylvian]

You are the sacred consummation of the sun and the moon and the shadow and you will become the poison of death. [Sylvian]