Quotes about The luminaries

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Tonight shall be the very beginning.''Was it?''It shall be. For me.''My beginning was the albatrosses.''That is a good b — I am glad it is yours. Tonight shall be mine.''Ought we to have different ones?''Different beginnings? I think we must.''Will there be more of them?''A great many more. Are your eyes closed?''Yes. Are yours?''Yes. Though it's so dark it hardly makes a difference.''I feel—more than myself.''I feel—as though a new chamber of my heart has opened.''Listen.''What is it?''The rain.
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
What was glimpsed in Aquarius—what was envisioned, believed in, prophesied, predicted, doubted, and forewarned—is made, — 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
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
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