Emma BullCoincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys. ✨ Emma Bull (2009). Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles, p.22, Macmillan352Reflection
Emma BullWe're all immortal until we die.378Death
Emma BullIt was like him, too, to love her and admit to it before he knew if she loved him. Maybe only mortals expected to barter their hearts. ✨ Emma Bull (2004). War for the Oaks: … ▶221DeathLoveReading
Emma BullCould I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all.191DeathTruth
Emma BullTo those who see the magical surface of things, you are invisible.' Good grief. Will you still be able to see me?' He met her eyes in a way that made her shiver pleasantly. 'I see… ▶239Sadness
Emma BullShe has her own glamour, Willy lad. All poets do, all the bards and artists, all the musicians who truly take the music into their own hearts. They all straddle the border of Faer… ▶207LoveTruth
Emma BullShe lifted her head. It's easier, she said, slowly, to be angry on someone else's behalf than on my own. And yet I find I have a well of anger in me, that I have been filling for … ▶141Death
Emma BullSometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothe… ▶186ReadingReflectionTime
Emma BullIt occurs to me to wonder: do I believe in any god, or even positively not believe, as James does? I believe in systems and methods. I believe in the beauties of philosophy and po… ▶208LifePhilosophyTime