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The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) QUOTES

The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) QUOTES

1 " What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

2 " You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

3 " This city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it home "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

4 " The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

5 " The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

6 " Because, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

7 " All we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

8 " That may be. But to decide that I was never going to live as a proper woman was not your choice to make.' 'What do you mean a proper woman?' 'A proper woman marries - she has children -' 'Then what does that make me? Am I not a proper woman? Last time I looked I certainly was. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

9 " Love your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

10 " Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

11 " Take care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your shoulders and you would do well to take note of the bruise around your neck. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

12 " Believe it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

13 " We're nothing more than prisoners to your desire. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

14 " The ink was secret nectar, for Marin isn't married. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

15 " There are horizons through the brickwork, you wait and see. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

16 " What was once, is no longer. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

17 " The night darkens, the stars unfriendly, the cold a knife upon her neck - but Nella waits, until she can no longer difference between Johannes and the darkness that carries him away. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

18 " Neighbours watching neighbours, twisting ropes to bind us all. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

19 " From little seeds great flowers grow. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)

20 " I feel younger than eighteen but burdened as a eighty-year-old. "

― Jessie Burton , The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)