Quotes from Storm Constantine

I smiled when I discovered the bruise of a love-flower on his neck-quite a large one, in fact. It was one of those poignantly sad moments; whomever had given in that vigorous caress would never do so again.

I remembered how she had fought against my presence in the past, and how, in secret moments she had opened her heart to me, telling me she knew I wasn't real, but that in many ways, I was more real to her than anything. How I had longed to reveal myself to her at those times. Perhaps I should have.

The gate is closed to me, but there are others who are stronger, who can open it for me.

I have never seen anything like this," Bayard said. "It is…strange. I almost do not want this power-to make a man an animal.

So I get a second chance?" "You haven't used up the first one yet.

I don't know why he did it to me. I wish I did. Was it because he hated me, or because he didn't care one way or the other?

Valraven is confused by feeling. It sends him reeling, which is both endearing and exasperating.

This may become a history book, but remember, it is only my history.

It was time I stopped worrying about greater issues and applied myself to my personal well being.

She had the appearance of a woman who'd just come from a lover's embrace herself.

Is there an army of ex-lovers out for my blood now?

Their lilting laughter sounded like crazy birds and rippling water; rising and falling. My hand had begun to throb with a dull pain, and my vision seemed somehow faded. Colours blended like wet paint before my eyes. I was dizzy, thrown from person to person in the crowd; hands caught me and pushed me away. I struggled to pass through them.

Without wisdom, without awareness, without mercy, without will, the king does not exist. All these qualities are within the Crown. They are the vital elements of kingship, and when they come together in the flesh of the true king, silence covers the sky, the waters, and the earth.

You are a victim of your own mindless greed. This land will radiate glory, but you will never look upon it.

We are part of the sea, aren't we? How long have we lived here, breathed in its scent, eaten the produce soaked in its salt? Think how we used to play in it as children.

At that moment, I was glad to have fellow rational beings with me, whatever their age and experience.

Men were worshipped in Caradore.

Family closeness was not an attribute that could be applied to the Malagashes.

You are very fond of this Rayojini creature. Therefore, she must be an extremely intriguing individual.

In Sector 23, life imitates art.

If Finnigin was to be Casmeer's peaks, then Ays would be his hollows, and for all Ays' distance, it was easier to be with him than with the flickering presence of the terranaut.

Daniel was coming to him. Whatever else these people thought or felt was irrelevant.

I always knew we would be reunited one day, but I thought I would have to search long and hard to find you, perhaps even wake you from a tomb.

You must gamble for your own survival, for once you have survived, you will have become something more than what you were.