There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.

— Juliet Marillier

This is a long goodbye, yet not time enough. I have no aptitude for this. I cannot learn this. Furthermore, I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.

— Juliet Marillier

Three children lay on the rocks at the water's edge. A dark-haired girl, two boys, slightly older. This image is caught forever in my memory, like some fragile creature preserved in amber.

— Juliet Marillier

Trust is a thing you know without words.

— Juliet Marillier

We cannot know the future. All we can do is face it bravely. We should take heed of those we love and respect. But in the end, we make every decision alone.

— Juliet Marillier

What I do. . . The path I tread. . . It brings some choices that test me hard.

— Juliet Marillier

Who would awaken the past? It shines like a sunrise And cuts like a fine blade.

— Juliet Marillier

With courage and hope, we can conquer our fears and do what we once believed impossible.

— Juliet Marillier

You are a devious woman, Blackthorn,' she said. 'I prefer the term strategic thinker.

— Juliet Marillier

You bound him to you with your courage and your tales. You hold him to you now. Furthermore, you captured a wild creature when you had no place you could keep him.

— Juliet Marillier