“ Hope itself is always genuine. It's only what it's placed in that can prove to be false. Karen Maitland
“ Miracles are like murders. After the first one, each becomes easier than the last for, with each success, the miracle-worker's certainty in himself becomes stronger. Karen Maitland
“ Are you finally admitting that you can sell a man hope? Have I at last succeeded in teaching you that?'He laughed and flicked his whip again, harder. He was in a better mood than I had seen for months… Karen Maitland
“ They were just the ordinary sounds of of people beginning their day, silly raucous, discordant, but they were the most beautiful sounds on earth, the sounds of living people. Karen Maitland
“ I'd believed mine was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies, the creation of hope. I thought hope could overcome everything, but I was wrong. Hope cannot overcome truth. Hope and t… Karen Maitland
“ I truly believed that the creation of hope was the greatest of all the arts, the noblest of all the lies. Karen Maitland
“ Pay heed, my darlings, and always take the greatest care over the company you keep in life: if death strikes you without warning, you may be stuck with them til the moon turns to blood and wouldn't th… Karen Maitland
“ 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
“ My brave husband came back from fighting the Turks and brought me a robe of silk and a necklace of human teeth. He sat up at night by his hearth telling tales of battle. Apparently the Turks are ten t… Karen Maitland
“ The day that I left my home, I had prayed that my children would forget me. I wanted to spare them the pain of remembering. But that night, as I crouched in the white mist, waiting, I knew more than a… Karen Maitland
