The raven red, on ruby pinions winging its way between the worlds, hears dead men singing. It scarce knows it strength, the price it scarce knows, but its power will arise and the Circle will close.
Kerstin GierWhenever he looks at me with those big brown eyes, I feel like giving him a nut,โ she said. She even started calling the squirrels running around in the park Mr. Whitmans.
Kerstin GierThe first pair Opal and Amber are, Agate sings in B flat, the wolf avatar, A duet-solutio! - with Aquamarine. Mighty Emerald next, with the lovely Citrine. Number Eight is digestio, her stand is Jade fine. E major's the key of the Black Tourmaline, Sapphire sings in F major, and bright is her sheen. Then almost at once comes Diamond alone, Whose sign of the lion as Leo is known. Projectio! Time flows on, both present and past. Ruby red is the first and is also the last.
Kerstin GierHe took a hairpin out of my untidy hair (by now my complicated arrangement of ringlets must have looked as if a couple of birds had been nesting there); he took a strand of it and wound it around his finger. With his other hand he began stroking my face, and then he bent down and kissed me again, this time very cautiously. I closed my eyes - and the same thing happened as before: my brain suffered that delicious break in transmission.
Kerstin GierEverything all right, Gwyneth?โ asked Gideon, raising one eyebrow. โYou look nervous. Would you like a cigarette to calm your nerves? What was your favorite brand, did you say? Marlboros?โ I could only stare at him speechlessly. โLeave her alone,โ said Xemerius. โCanโt you see sheโs unhappy in love, bonehead? All because of you! What are you doing here, anyway?
Kerstin Gier