Quotes

Here are some of the most loved quotes from the Master of Illusion Historical Fiction series by Anne Rouen:

: “Oh, why are we fated to love those we cannot have …?” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen

: “To know, finally, what love is and not be allowed fulfilment …” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen. Image by Aleksa D at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “When we die, love is the only thing we can take with us.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen. Image by chrisroll at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “This generation of young men, Madame: they are God’s finest sons. It is the greatest tragedy that their blood waters the earth instead of continuing on to other generations.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “Like a brilliant shooting star, she had almost reached her zenith when her light was extinguished …” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen.

: “Today I questioned in my heart whether we could win this war. I wondered what the point was of suffering the way we all have, for no apparent gain and many great losses … But then, tonight, when I heard your beautiful voice, I realised that the Allies have a secret weapon after all; and I knew then that God is on our side, for he has sent his Angel of Song to inspire us in our darkest hour.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “Once the spark of true love has been ignited, it cannot be quenched. It is there forever.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen. Image by Photokanok at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “It is true, Monsieur, that when you die, the ones who love you come for you … I have seen it.” “Then, of a surety, my love, one of us will come for the other.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen. Image by nuttakit at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “Now, at last, she understood her great attraction to him. Here was the companion of her spirit. Here, indeed, was love.” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen.

: “I could not give her my heart, because it already belonged to another; for I have only loved once …” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen. Image by Nutdanai Apikhomboonwaroot at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “It proved what he had always instinctively know. Love is forever.”Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.Image by koko-tewan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “He never takes liberties, Madame. He is too much of a gentleman.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “All of them fated to love in vain.” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen. Image by dan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “She was a fool for love, Madame, how many of us are guilty of that?” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen Image by marcolm at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “It is the way of the world for good, honest fellows to be the pawns of evil men; but I have never seen the like … And I hope I never do again.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “For a moment, or an eternity, she felt the touch of their spirits surrounding her with love.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “When our boys saw that the enemy soldiers fighting in the trenches were just like them and not monsters – it gave them to think somewhat.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “The French troops saw in her all that was good and sweet and innocent in the world. They saw her as brave and beautiful and suddenly remembered why it was they spent their lives in grubby mire with death their closest companion; going without food, warmth and the barest of comfort to fight a brutish enemy that without compunction trampled these precious virtues beneath their iron-nailed boots.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “As in all great cataclysmic events, men are forced to show their true colours. Some will achieve the status of legend for their courage, brilliance and dedication; some will possess all the same qualities unacknowledged; others will be plodders doing their best; and there will be those who will be what they have always been –sewer rats.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen.

: “And what she does not know, what nobody else knows but you, is that I have a special place I go to be with her, my first, my only love.” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen. Image by patrisyu at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “She had not realised that there could be a joy – a spiritual ecstasy- in the touch of a certain man, or that she would long for this touch with all her being.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen. Image by arcadante at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

: “Which takes more courage? To live? Or to Die?” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen

: “She was destroyed many years ago, La Belle, on the cobblestones of the alley beside the opera house …” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen.

: “One day you will meet someone who will show you what you are made of. I only hope it is someone not forbidden to you …” Quote from Master of Illusion Book Two by Anne Rouen.

: “My greatest regret is that our paths in life did not allow us to fulfil our dreams of each other. Perhaps in the next life.” Quote from Angel of Song by Anne Rouen. Image by dan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net