Gretel and the Dark
Eliza Granville
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Yes, life is hard,” whispers Erika, “but knowing about other people, other civilisations, other ways of living, other places – that’s your escape route, a magical journey. Once you know about these things, no matter what happens, your mind can create stories to take you anywhere you want to go.”
“Books; I repeat, for they've not only been a solace during the long years but also provided the keys to understanding other people's ideas and achievements, their hopes and fears, quirks and foibles, their dreams.....their demons”
“Why do you assume I'm human? I wasn't born; I was created just like this. First I was an idea. Then I came into being, charged with a very important task. I've come to find the monster.”
“People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind.”
“...soon I shall go from here and everything that I have seen or heard, felt, smelled, tasted, enjoyed, loved, will be extinguished and forgotten. There will be nothing left of me but a number on some ledger. And so, I give the a Earth my memories.”
“You should never judge a person solely by the evidence of your eyes.”
“One way or another, we’re all prisoners.”
“Older, but no wiser. Alas, our dreams continue to haunt us.”
“I’d give you – if I thought one day you might return my feelings …”
“It was not an easy thing, for to name something established dominion over it. As with an infant, it shaped and moulded with the namer's expectations that which was named. It set apart. It emphasized human aloneness.”
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