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The colour of the magpie, her father was saying, was symbolic of creation. The void, the mystery of that which had not yet taken form. Black and white, he said. Presence and absence.

Kate Mosse

The colour of the magpie, her father was saying, was symbolic of creation. The void, the mystery of that which had not yet taken form. Black and white, he said. Presence and absence.

Tags: life, magpie, mystery, void

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Kate Mosse

For when all else is done, on­ly words re­main. Words en­dure.

Tags: history, letter, writing

About Author
Katherine Louise Mosse (born 1961) is a British novelist, non-fiction and short story writer and broadcaster. She is best known for her 2005 novel Labyrinth, which has been translated into more than 37 languages. She co-founded in 1996 the annual award for best UK-published English-language novel by a woman that is now known as the Women's Prize for Fiction.

There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen.

Kate Mosse

There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen.

Tags: languedoc trilogy, sepulchre

Wie sehr wollte ich sie vor dem Schmerz des Erinners bewahren.

Kate Mosse

Wie sehr wollte ich sie vor dem Schmerz des Erinners bewahren.

It seemed wrong, she thought, that there should be such beauty in the world on a day like this.

Kate Mosse

It seemed wrong, she thought, that there should be such beauty in the world on a day like this.

Whatever age you are, you will always be his daughter, his little girl. He cannot help but want to protect you. It is the way of things.

Kate Mosse

Whatever age you are, you will always be his daughter, his little girl. He cannot help but want to protect you. It is the way of things.

In meinem Krankenzimmer herrschte ein Kommen und Gehen. Ärzte, die Stationsschwester und ihre Schar von Pflegerinnen in gestärkten Trachten und gummibesohlten Schuhen. Vordergründig schien sich die Ge...

Kate Mosse

In meinem Krankenzimmer herrschte ein Kommen und Gehen. Ärzte, die Stationsschwester und ihre Schar von Pflegerinnen in gestärkten Trachten und gummibesohlten Schuhen. Vordergründig schien sich die Ge...

If we do not remember those who have gone before us, we are destined to repeat the same mistakes. We walk blind through time.

Kate Mosse

If we do not remember those who have gone before us, we are destined to repeat the same mistakes. We walk blind through time.

Ich vermochte kaum den Kopf hochzuhalten. Ich wollte mich befreien, dem Gefängnis meiner Erinnerung entfliehen.

Kate Mosse

Ich vermochte kaum den Kopf hochzuhalten. Ich wollte mich befreien, dem Gefängnis meiner Erinnerung entfliehen.

History is written by the victorious, the liars, the strongest, the most determined.

Kate Mosse

History is written by the victorious, the liars, the strongest, the most determined.

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Kate Mosse

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

What will happen will happen, whether I wish it or no. So, yes, I accept. It does not mean that I like it or wish it were not otherwise.

Kate Mosse

What will happen will happen, whether I wish it or no. So, yes, I accept. It does not mean that I like it or wish it were not otherwise.

Do you believe you can change your destiny?' he (Sajhë) said, seeking an answer.Alice found herself nodding. 'Otherwise, what's the point? If we are simply walking a path preordained, then all the exp...

Kate Mosse

Do you believe you can change your destiny?' he (Sajhë) said, seeking an answer.Alice found herself nodding. 'Otherwise, what's the point? If we are simply walking a path preordained, then all the exp...

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

Kate Mosse

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

You well know that if a lie is repeated often enough, in the face of the clearest evidence to the contrary, even the most level-headed of men start to believe in it. Falsehood easily becomes accepted...

Kate Mosse

You well know that if a lie is repeated often enough, in the face of the clearest evidence to the contrary, even the most level-headed of men start to believe in it. Falsehood easily becomes accepted...

Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.

Kate Mosse

Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.

And I shall set this last truth down. We are who we are because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.

Kate Mosse

And I shall set this last truth down. We are who we are because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.

Aber nachdem so viele auf dieselbe Art gebrandmarkt worden waren, wurde es zum Symbol eines guten Charaktern. Ein Ehrenzeichen. Ja.

Kate Mosse

Aber nachdem so viele auf dieselbe Art gebrandmarkt worden waren, wurde es zum Symbol eines guten Charaktern. Ein Ehrenzeichen. Ja.

Aber jede noch so kleine Verbesserung meines Zustandes entfernte mich weiter von George, und in Wahrheit war seine Gesellschaft die einzige, nach der mich verlangte. Ich empfand es als Verrat, dass ic...

Kate Mosse

Aber jede noch so kleine Verbesserung meines Zustandes entfernte mich weiter von George, und in Wahrheit war seine Gesellschaft die einzige, nach der mich verlangte. Ich empfand es als Verrat, dass ic...

Aber ich wollte nicht genesen, wenn ich dafür das wenige, das mir von meinem Bruder geblieben war, aufgeben musste.

Kate Mosse

Aber ich wollte nicht genesen, wenn ich dafür das wenige, das mir von meinem Bruder geblieben war, aufgeben musste.