“ 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 dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futures but our own. Kate Mosse
“ The thinnest shaft of light entered the empty chambers of my heart, just for a moment. Then it disappeared, extinguished by the weight of all that had gone before. Kate Mosse
“ Who's to say? Life is not, as we are taught, a matter of seeking answers, but rather learning which are the questions we should ask. Kate Mosse
“ It seemed wrong, she thought, that there should be such beauty in the world on a day like this. Kate Mosse
“ There is no pattern the human mind can devise that does not exist already within the bounds of nature...Everything we do, see, write, notate, all are an echo of the deep seams of the universe. Music i… Kate Mosse
“ Ich vermochte kaum den Kopf hochzuhalten. Ich wollte mich befreien, dem Gefängnis meiner Erinnerung entfliehen. Kate Mosse
“ And in the air around her, the echo of all those stifled hearts, trapped spirits, fluttered and sighed and breathed. Kate Mosse
“ What we attempt to do is not without danger. What we attempt to do may not succeed. But it is right and it is just. We act for the good of all. Kate Mosse
“ We are who we are, because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us. Kate Mosse
“ Aber nachdem so viele auf dieselbe Art gebrandmarkt worden waren, wurde es zum Symbol eines guten Charaktern. Ein Ehrenzeichen. Ja. 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. Kate Mosse
“ There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen. Kate Mosse
