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Anya Seton Quotes

Anya Seton quotes

American Writer January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990

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Presently comfort came to him, and he thought the she had always given him of her strength though he had never quite realised it until now.Glory had passed him by; fame too perhaps would not endure; it might well be that the incalculable goddess would decree ill fame as his due. Perhaps there might not be included in his epitah the one tribute to his knighthood the he knew he deserved "Ii fut toujours bon et loyal chevalier" (He was always good and loyal knight) But whatever the shadowed... Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to..."
It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance. Anya Seton
Yes," Nicholas replied, in a bored voice. "The name is Dutch. Dragonwyck, meaning place of the dragon. It derives from an Indian legend about a flying serpent whose eyes were fire and whose flaming breath withered the corn." "Heavens!" With a light laugh, Miranda asked her new employer if the red men had sent forth a champion to do battle with the dragon. The patroon's face was dark, unsmiling. "To appease him the wise men of the tribe sacrificed a pure maiden on the rocky bluff you see above... Anya Seton
Nay, it's not the Devil been leading her astray. It's books! That girl has been nothing but trouble ever since she learned how to read. Anya Seton
Miranda was shocked to hear Nicholas speak of slavery in glowing terms, as an efficient agricultural system. This wasn't the South! Yet as she surveyed her employer's strong dark profile in secret from beneath her long lashes, she was forced to conclude that the role of master suited Nicholas Van Ryn perfectly. Even when she closed her eyes, the impression of cruelty and power remained. But it was herself she saw as the darky slave, stripped of her free will and trembling at her master's... Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different..."
Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded. Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all..."
There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top. Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward..."
The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God. Anya Seton
He was all sin and mystery, and Miranda feared the pleasures he offered as she feared the fires of hell. Yet when she succumbed at last, it was not because her body was weak but because her mind was curious. Anya Seton
Miranda looked up at him through a haze of desire, her will consumed by a fierce crackling heat, just like the dry twigs of the old woman's fire. Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning,..."
I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him. Anya Seton
I am made of cobweb that tears at a touch. But you, Bess, have fiber like the great seines that seldom break no matter their burden, yet if they do they can be mended again and again. Anya Seton
Her body consented willingly to all that her soul found most abhorrent. As Nicholas had promised, there was a hellish delight in knowing she was damned. Anya Seton
Elizabeth squirmed on the hard wooden bench, and tried to ignore both her sore backside and her rumbling stomach. Why did the minister's sermons last so long? And why did the talk of sin always give her such a hearty appetite? Anya Seton
Anya Seton quote: "Elizabeth knew it was a fast day, but the rumbling in her..."
Elizabeth knew it was a fast day, but the rumbling in her belly was harder to ignore than the grumbling of the preacher. Anya Seton

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