Cornelia Quotes

“Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.”
― Cornelia Funke

“Are you watching the boats?" Cornelia guessed. She craned her neck to see if there was any excitement on the river.
Heavens no, I'm spying on people," Virginia responded unrepentantly.
-Cornelia E and Virginia Somerset”
― Lesley M.M. Blume, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

“I know how syrupy this sounds, how dull, provincial, and possibly whitewashed, but what can I do? Happy childhoods happen”
― Marisa de los Santos, Belong to Me

“… Could I return, I will not say to revel, but breath this sky, under which I was born: to rejoice with sea views and gardens; to consol me with your kindness; to drink this wine or this water, that might reduce my illness…”
― Torquato Tasso

“The servants listened in fascination as Cornelia’s conversation grew more and more ribald, less and less shocked at itself. Eventually, roaring drunk as any good madam of the Bhorga, Cornelia had been hoisted up by six male servants and borne, singing her own requiem, to her chamber.”
― Tanith Lee, Sung in Shadow

“A moment more and the cherubic pest had sprung out on her from a stand of mulberries.”
― Tanith Lee, Sung in Shadow

“Cornelia sank in romance until it reached her chin. All but her sense was submerged.”
― Tanith Lee, Sung in Shadow