Quotes by Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries

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Love cannot be reduced to a catalogue of reasons why, and a catalogue of reasons cannot be put together into love. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
for Pop, who sees the starsand Jude, who hears their music — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
But could he endure it, that other men knew her in a way that he, Staines, did not? He did not know. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
He liked lonely places, because he never really felt alone. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Suffering, he thought later, could rob a man of his empathy, could turn him selfish, could make him depreciate all other — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
What was glimpsed in Aquarius—what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned—is made, — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
We were talking nonsense, and I said something silly about unrequited love, and he became very serious, and he stopped m — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
He and Anna lay facing each other, Staines lying on his left hip, and Anna, on her right, both of them with their knees — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Are you fixing to stay in this country, then, Walter? After you've dug yourself a patch, and made yourself a pile?''I ex — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Let's just enjoy it for ourselves. Dawn is such a private hour, don't you think? Such a solitary hour. One always hears — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Solitude is a condition best enjoyed in company. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
She gave a shiver, and suddenly clutched her arms about her body. She spoke, Gascoigne thought, with an exhilarated fati — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Is it the smoke?' the boy said, shivering slightly. 'I've never touched the stuff, myself, but how it claws at one...lik — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
I wish to be able to call myself deserving of my lot,' Moody said carefully. 'Luck is by nature underserved. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
Pritchard was lonely, and like most lonely souls, he saw happy couples everywhere. — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
What an unrequited love it is, this thirst! But is it love, when it is unrequited? — Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries