Sarah Waters Quotes about Heart

I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart - so hard, it hurt me. A hundred times I almost rose, almost went in to her; a hundred times I thought, Go to her! Why are you waiting? Go back

I felt that thread that had come between us, tugging, tugging at my heart - so hard, it hurt me. A hundred times I almost rose, almost went in to her; a hundred times I thought, Go to her! Why are you waiting? Go back to her side! But every time, I thought of what would happen if I did. I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her.

Sarah Waters

Hurt, Lying, Heart

Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.153, Penguin

With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk.

Sarah Waters

Heart, Dolls, Movement

Your heart-as you call it-and hers are alike, after all: they are like mine, like everyone's. They resemble nothing so much as those meters you will find on gas-pipes: they only perk up and start pumping when you drop coins in.

Sarah Waters

Heart, Coins, Meter

Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.140, Penguin

Weep all the artful tears you like. You shall never make my hard heart the softer.

Sarah Waters

Heart, Tears, Like You

Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.198, Penguin

Your twisting is done--you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?

Sarah Waters

Love, Heart, Done

Sarah Waters (2002). “Affinity”, p.351, Penguin

It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart.

Sarah Waters

Real, Heart, Kind

Sarah Waters Quotes about Heart

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