I wanted desperately to go on living in someone's memory. If we are not remembered, we are more than dead, for it is as if we had never lived

- Karen Maitland

But then, the flames of a fire are not made less painful by the knowledge that others are burning with you.

- Karen Maitland

You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his soul beneath the hideous visage. …

- Karen Maitland

They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the whims of men.

- Karen Maitland

Id love to own Newstead, partly because it belonged to Lord Byron, but also to try to uncover what dark secrets really lie beneath.

- Karen Maitland

Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.

- Karen Maitland

Home is the place you return to when you have finally lost your soul. Home is the place where life is born, not the place of your birth, but the plac…

- Karen Maitland

Reckon it's best if you don't have anyone you care about; then it can't hurt you. Don't have to be afraid of losing someone if you no one to lose.

- Karen Maitland