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Quotes - Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'
“You
can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise.”
[Anna]
aimed her defiance at Mary.
“And
you? What’s your reason to hate me?”
Caroline
spoke quietly. “We nearly died — in the fire in those mountains and at the
house when Ravi had a gun pointed at us.” Her eyes were full of tears. “The
fire you set at The Old Hospital could have killed me as well as Janet and
Agnes.”
Anna
muttered into the syrupy dregs of her tea. “Fire, you’re firing me?”
Mary
grimaced. There had been too much fire.”
―
Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
“There
was no going back now. Rubber and metal could only take so much. The car could
shatter and send its passengers into an elemental distillation of rock, flesh,
blood, and ash. Alchemy, thought Mary, grimly. Too much bloody alchemy.”
―
Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
“Somebody
always had to pay, and he was glad it was not going to be him. Meanwhile he had
managed to ruin the perfect marriage by turning Dick into a crayfish and making
Rachael think that he had run off with another woman.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“The
image of the sensual, sleep-laden Naomi made him smile. And wish he’d been
lying on the pillow next to her when she’d opened her eyes. Lucky pillow.”
―
Lotchie Burton, Gabriel's Fire
“Do
not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work
whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as
you go along.”
―
Napoleon Hill
“If
the Agency could become a container for something neither Anna nor Mary had
known before: a family. Now, without Caroline depending on her, Anna was alone.
It did not taste good. There were voices inside: I am risking everything; I
could lose everything.”
―
Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
“She
peeped through one of the small holes in the outer wall rising up from the
walkway. The world on the outside was nothing but countryside now. Dirt roads,
like chocolate ribbons, disappeared into woods or green fields in the
distance.”
―
Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
“Just
now he was on a mind-blowing adventure and it was rapidly spiralling out of
control, and this is what he needed to concentrate his mind on. How could he
squeeze Daley to get the book back; that’s if Daley had it in his possession in
the first place? The next few days were going to be crucial.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“You
don’t think he’s our man?” asked Adam. It occurred to him that Ramsbottom was
not exactly forthcoming with information.
“I
didn’t say that,” Ramsbottom said. “In fact he is behaving very cautiously
indeed, which makes me feel very suspicious.”
“He
has probably figured out that you are following him,” said Adam. “One can
hardly fail to notice you hanging around all the time.”
“That
may be so,” said Ramsbottom.
“Can’t
you get a disguise or something?” asked Adam. “So he does not recognise you.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“Being
magnanimous in victory usually worked, but to keep abreast of the situation he
had to
pump the girl for all she knew. Was
there a pang of remorse for his actions in his mind?
Possibly,
but what choice did he have? If he wanted to survive, he had no room for
weakness.”
―
Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator
“The
world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“See
if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a
situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings,
your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of
what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you
complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your
power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary
or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.”
―
Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Bring
me Mother Julian’s Scroll within two weeks, or I’ll get that guttersnipe Leni
prosecuted for attempted murder. She won’t survive long in prison.”
―
Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder
“It
was amazing how a crisis could concentrate some minds while others went to
pieces. Things had gone disastrously wrong in the last few days for Adam. His
only worry before finding the book had been how to keep his girlfriend Linda
without marrying her in the process. A contest he had lost.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“A
magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive.”
―
Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky
“Do
you still distrust me?”
“No.
Take your necklace with you so you can think of me when I’m not there.”
Brown
brought the necklace over to her and put it on her neck.
“I think it rather suits me,” she laughed and left.
Brown
didn’t
understand what had made him insist she wear the necklace. Maybe it
was
the readiness with which she had made love, or her frequent disappearances
lately,
he was just curious. There was no harm
in checking, before he parted with the money.
Later
that evening, before going to sleep he decided to have a look at her location
and
he was in for a surprise. She had not
left Central City at all. In fact she was at the same
friend’s address as she had been
the last time.”
―
Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator
“I
wanted to thank you for saving my life. I am still puzzled about your motives
though.
Was it revenge against Zedan for rejecting you?”
“You insult me. It seems that
you think of everybody in the same lowly terms you
think
of yourself. If there is anybody I should hate for Zedan rejecting me, it
should be
you. He was only doing what
is expected of him in our society.”
“You mean you don't hate me?” This was a new revelation
to Brown. It worried him.
He
was used to hate, he could deal with it, but this he could not understand, he
had used
the girl ruthlessly and yet
she did not hate him.”
―
Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator
