Maplecroft Quotes.

11. "I would let the whole town think I’m a madwoman and a murderer, let it scorn and reject me, let its children compose hateful rhymes to be sung whilst jumping rope."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

12. "Over and over again, we lift God out of our reach. Over and over, push Him beyond our grasp, yet still we stretch out our fingers and seek to touch Him. But find nothing."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

13. "The distance between an honest Christian mystic and a fortune-teller is sometimes less than half a whisper. Less than a pot of tea or the space between two book covers."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

14. "The truth is I never knew him well—only well enough to know that I didn’t wish to know him better. •"
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

15. "In my career I’ve had my hands upon more revolting bodies than a layman is likely to encounter in a lifetime of trying. I’ve squeezed boils, soaked my hands in blood and pus, slipped in entrails, swaddled slippery stillborns, and pulled excrement from unwilling bowels by hand."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

16. "some place to stand and place a lever, there’s nowhere from which to move the world."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft

17. "There are worse things than minotaurs at the centre."
- Cherie Priest, Maplecroft