Quotes from Storm Constantine

Whatever my jaded heart feels, my instinctive desire to survive is much stronger.

You were only ever aware of yourself. I was just a mirror, like Amber was. You liked to see yourself in other people's eyes, become more real to yourself through their love for you.

Here, where the body of the mountains pressed so close, Delilah could hear the wicked flexing of rock, as if it cracked its bones in malevolent glee, marking time until it showered the helpless travelers with deadly blades.

You have lost your honey tongue, it seems. Have you no greeting for me after so many years? I grieved for you and searched for you, always hoping you still lived. How crue is fate to give me this reassurance but to put a wasp of a changeling in your place.

It is astounding how, when in the womblike embrace of warm water, we can fool ourselves that we can still be children.

He possesses a beauty beyond words. To see him is to desire him. That, of course, is part of his power. He is a prince of light, my dear, and we must take care, for fear of being blinded by him.

Daniel glanced at Shem, who raised a single, scornful eyebrow. He reached out and touched Daniel's face, as if they were alone in the room. Daniel could not help but derive a certain amount of satisfaction from the gesture.

In the land of the dead there were distant sounds: scurryings; faint, maddened laughter, quickly stemmed; a sad soft moan.

Avirzah'e's enthusiasms do tend to run away with him in their jaws, you must admit!

We gave up on each other, when we should have remained staunch.

Othman doesn't have a hold on me, just an unwelcome presence now and again.

Belief is magic, Lily. Add your will to mine.

Shemyaza's caress effectively stemmed the argument around them. All eyes turned towards Shem with indignant surprise. There were times and places for dalliances with human dependents, and a meeting of the Parzupheim was not one of them.

Among the tubes, aloneness is a thing to be avoided. We thrive in each other's company.

Varian was sitting in a chair beside the fire, in Finnigin's room. He was staring into the flames, his fingers steepled against his lips, his long legs thrust out onto the hearth. The gems upon his fingers glittered darkly, and his trembling hair gleamed like fluid. When Finnigin saw him there, he was aware of the force of Varian's attractiveness. It seemed to be dangerous, like a weapon, or a lie.

You don't mean to say you're going to abandon your quest for knowledge? I thought you wanted to unravel the enigmas of the world single-handed!

What happens in a noble court or an enclosed temple affects only the priveleged few. That's not change, but indulgence.

It's Owen we have to concern ourselves with, not Barbara. She is nothing.

Tamara's heart clenched in her chest, a desperate muscle.

He couldn't understand the woman. She twisted and turned like an eel.

Do you want me, Rufus?" Khaster asked coldly. "If so, forget it. You needn't bother showing concern for my well-being.

The Gardens seemed like a huge, dark forest that stretched into eternity, peopled by creatures who were strangers to the world outside, a timeless place of enchantment. The pathways were dark tunnels at the end of which anything might greet the unwary traveller.

There is almost too much to say between us, Val. A thousand apologies will not change the past on either side.

When we'd first moved home, I had missed the ground bustle, but had since fallen in love with the feeling of the open air around us, the play of winds among the thinner branches, the illusion that one could be all alone.