The Storyteller's Daughter - Citação [8]

Listen to my name as I send it across the years. Do you not hear its power? The way the very syllables are hard and soft all at once, even as I was? They illuminate and darken. Peveal and conceal Whisper it now, and my story begins.

The Storyteller's Daughter - Cameron Dokey

The Storyteller's Daughter - Citação [7]

A story beats with the heart of every person who has ever strained ears to listen. On the breath of the storyteller, it soars. Until its images and deeds become so real you can see them in the air, shimmering like oases on the horizon line.

The Storyteller's Daughter - Cameron Dokey

The Storyteller's Daughter - Citação [6]

Listen now. Listen truly. Fall under my storyteller’s spell.

The Storyteller's Daughter - Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [17]

The palace corridors would be much like this as I made my way along them, illuminated by torches set at regular intervals along the walls. Earlier in the evening they would have blazed brightly. But by now, they would have burned down low.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [16]

Don’t antagonize him, Papa, I thought. A cornered animal is almost as dangerous as a wounded one. Did you not teach me this yourself?

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [15]

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Nurse swooped down upon me, fussing and scolding over the state of my hair and clothes. Not that she wasn’t prepared, of course. The water for my bath was already steaming, the great copper tub set before the fire. 

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [14]

Remember the words your godmother spoke on the day you were christened: Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [13]

“Le Renard is clever, but he thinks so highly of his own cleverness he turns his strength to weakness”, said my father.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [12]

Come prepared to speak before the princess, or do not come at all. The choice is yours. Now get out of my way.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [11]

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Even a fool could become dangerous when armed with a secret.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [10]

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In the midst of the dance I felt a strange ripple pass through the ballroom, like an unexpected changing of the tide.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Beauty Sleep - Citação [9]

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“Come, let us show these overbred nobles how to dance a waltz with spirit”

“Just don’t hold it against me when we fall.”

At which my father laughed and plunked the few remaining pins from my hair, letting it stream down my back like a river of spun gold. I gave my head a shake, causing the river to shimmer as if struck by the sun. Then I kicked the shoes that had been making my feet miserable into the far corner of the ballroom, and let Papa lead me out into the center of the dance floor.

Beauty Sleep -  Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação[8]

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Grief and sorrow are one and the same. But until you feel regret for what is now forever out of reach, you do not truly mourn.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [7]

 The Ballroom, Palácio de Buckingham

The ballroom was a sea of faces, a dazzling blur of color and of light.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [6]

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More and more often, I was reminded of my first impression of her: that she was like a spring in full flood with its surface still encased in ice.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [5]

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Gazing at my new stepmother’s face, I had a sudden vision of a stream in early spring, just before the final thaw. On the surface, a thin sheet of ice. But beneath the surface, the current was racing, swift and strong. Where it might carry us, I could not say.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [4]

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It grasped Niccolo’s, held on tightly, then was followed by the rest of the arm. A head emerged, neck bent down so as not to knock the top of it against the inside of the door. Next, a pair of shoulders, wrapped in a dark blue cloak. And now, finally, one foot was upon the carriage steps and the woman inside the coach was straightening up.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [3]

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He unfolded the steps, then extended one hand, his body bent at the waist in a bow.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação [2]

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Above our heads, surrounding the moon like a handful of scattered sentinels, the stars burned fierce and blue.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey

Before Midnight - Citação

What do you know about yourself? What are your stories? The ones you tell yourself, and the ones told by others. All of us begin somewhere. Though I suppose the truth is that we begin more than once; we begin many times. Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long.

Before Midnight - Cameron Dokey