Hyacinth Quotes

1. "Embroidery?" I sucked at embroidery. Aunt Hyacinth had tried to teach me, but we'd both given it up as a lost cause.Lucy, strangely, had picked it up really quickly and embroidered a tapestry of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for my last birthday."
Author: Alyxandra Harvey

2. "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits."
Author: Carl Sandburg

3. "Being the only female in what was basically a boys' club must have been difficult for her. Miraculously, she didn't compensate by becoming hard or quarrelsome. She was still a girl, a slight lovely girl who lay in bed and ate chocolates, a girl whose hair smelled like hyacinth and whose scarves fluttered jauntily in the breeze. But strange and marvelous as she was, a wisp of silk in a forest of black wool, she was not the fragile creature one would have her seem."
Author: Donna Tartt

4. "There Albine lay, panting, exhausted by love, her hands clutched closer and closer to her heart, breathing her last. She parted her lips, seeking the kiss which should obliterate her, and then the hyacinths and tuberoses exhaled their incense, wrapping her in a final sigh, so profound that it drowned the chorus of roses, and in this culminating gasp of blossom, Albine was dead."
Author: Émile Zola

5. "Translate into words for me the sighings of the wind through the forest and the withdrawal of the sea down the pebbly beach and the string of sunlight playing on the hyacinth-strewn grass. You cannot! Then you know why the apostle described his experiences in Paradise as unspeakable."
Author: F.B. Meyer

6. "Your body is a hyacinth,Into which a monk dips his waxy fingers.Our silence is a black cavern,From which a soft animal steps at times And slowly lowers heavy eyelids. On your temples black dew drips,The last gold of expired stars"
Author: Georg Trakl

7. "I first tasted under Apollo's lips,love and love sweetness,I, Evadne;my hair is made of crisp violetsor hyacinth which the wind combs backacross some rock shelf;I, Evadne,was made of the god of light.His hair was crisp to my mouth,as the flower of the crocus,across my cheek,cool as the silver-cresson Erotos bank;between my chin and throat,his mouth slipped over and over.Still between my arm and shoulder,I feel the brush of his hair,and my hands keep the gold they took,as they wandered over and over,that great arm-full of yellow flowers."
Author: H.D.

8. "Laura, why do you go around pretending to be Julie Andrews , when you're actually Hyacinth Bucket?"
Author: Harriet Evans

9. "Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more."
Author: Hector Hugh Munro

10. "The air smelled like Bayou Teche when it's spring and the fish are spawning among the water hyacinths and the frogs are throbbing in the cattails and the flooded cypress."
Author: James Lee Burke

11. "Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn."
Author: James Montgomery

12. "Apollo had changed Hyacinth into a flower to protect him. I would give Alex back control so she could protect herself instead of making the decision for her. That's how we were different from the gods."
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

13. "If thou of fortune be bereft, and in thy store there be but left two loaves, sell one, and with the dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul."
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

14. "Well," he said with an affected sigh, "you have my approval, at least.""Why?" Hyacinth asked suspiciously."It would be an excellent match," he continued. "If nothing else, think of the children."She knew she'd regret it, but still she had to ask. "What children?"He grinned. "The lovely lithping children you could have together. Garethhhh and Hyathinthhhh. Hyathinth and Gareth. And the thublime Thinclair tots."Hyacinth stared at him like he was an idiot.Which he was, she was quite certain of it.She shook her head. "How on earth Mother managed to give birth to seven perfectly normal children and one freak is beyond me.""Thith way to the nurthery." Gregory laughed as sheheaded back into the room. "With the thcrumptious littleTharah and Thamuel Thinclair. Oh, yeth, and don't forgetwee little Thuthannah!"
Author: Julia Quinn

15. "I've already instructed theothers to keep their mouths shut.""Even Hyacinth?" Penelope asked doubtfully."Especially Hyacinth.""Did you bribe her?" Violet asked. "Because it won't work unless youbribe her.""Good Lord," Colin muttered. "One would think I'd joined this familyyesterday. Of course I bribed her." He turned to Penelope. "No offense torecent additions.""Oh, none taken."
Author: Julia Quinn

16. "Francesca actually felt her chin drop. "Mother," she said, shaking her head, "you really should have stopped at seven.""Children, you mean?" Violet asked, sipping at her tea. "Sometimes I do wonder.""Mother!" Hyacinth exclaimed.Violet just smiled at her. "Salt?""It took her eight tries to get it right," Hyacinth announced, thrusting the salt cellar at her mother with a decided lack of grace."And does that mean that you, too, hope to have eight children?" Violet inquired sweetly."God no," Hyacinth said. With great feeling. And neither she nor Francesca could quite resist a chuckle after that."
Author: Julia Quinn

17. "Mother," Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude,"you know I love you dearly—""Why is it," Violet pondered, "that I have come to expectnothing good when I hear a sentence beginning inthat manner?"
Author: Julia Quinn

18. "It was nearly impossible to keep anything a secret, especially from hersisters, the youngest of whom—Hyacinth—could probably have won the war against Napoleon in halfthe time if His Majesty had only thought to draft her into the espionage service."
Author: Julia Quinn

19. "Eloise, whose mouth was as sharp as Hyacinth's (though thankfully tempered by some discretion), hadremarked that they had best get Hyacinth married off quickly or their mother was going to become analcoholic. Lady Bridgerton had not appreciated the comment, although she privately thought it might betrue."
Author: Julia Quinn

20. "Hyacinth," he said.She looked at him expectantly."Hyacinth," he said again, this time with a bit more certitude. He smiled, letting his eyes melt into hers. "Hyacinth.""We know her name," came his grandmother's voice.Gareth ignored her and pushed a table aside so that he could drop to one knee. "Hyacinth," he said, relishing her gasp as he took her hand in his, "would you do me the very great honor of becoming my wife?"Her eyes widened, the misted, and her lips, which he'd been kissing so deliciously mere hours earlier, began to quiver. "I… I…"It was unlike her to be so without words, and he was enjoying it, especially the show of emotion on her face."I… I…""Yes!" his grandmother finally yelled. "Yes! She'll marry you!""She can speak for herself," he said."No," Lady D said, "she can't. Quite obviously."
Author: Julia Quinn

21. "Of course none of those men was suitable. Half wereafter your fortune, and as for the other half—well, youwould have reduced them to tears within a month.""Such tenderness for your youngest child," Hyacinthmuttered. "It quite undoes me."
Author: Julia Quinn

22. "The Smythe-Smith musicale. Thankfully, it came around just once per year, because Hyacinth was quitecertain it would take a full twelve months for her ears torecover."
Author: Julia Quinn

23. "I do love it when I am right," Hyacinth said triumphantly."Which is fortunate, since I so often am."Penelope just looked at her. "You do know that you areinsufferable.""Of course." Hyacinth leaned toward Penelope with adevilish smile. "But you love me, anyway, admit it.""I admit nothing until the end of the evening.""After we have both gone deaf?""After we see if you behave yourself."Hyacinth laughed. "You married into the family. Youhave to love me. It's a contractual obligation.""Funny how I don't recall that in the wedding vows.""Funny," Hyacinth returned, "I remember it perfectly"
Author: Julia Quinn

24. "I'm trying to embroider." Hyacinth held up her handiworkas proof."You're trying to avoid—" Her mother stopped, blinking."I say, why does that flower have an ear?""It's not an ear." Hyacinth looked down. "And it's not aflower.""Wasn't it a flower yesterday?""I have a very creative mind," Hyacinth ground out,giving the blasted flower another ear."That," Violet said, "has never been in any doubt."Hyacinth looked down at the mess on the fabric. "It's atabby cat," she announced. "I just need to give it a tail."
Author: Julia Quinn

25. "I?m going to kill her," Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no one else present."Who are you talking to?" Hyacinth demanded."God," Francesca said baldly. "And I do believe I have been given divine leave to murder you.""Hmmph," was Hyacinth?s response. "If it was that easy, I?d have asked permission to eliminate half the ton years ago."Francesca decided just then that not all of Hyacinth?s statements required a rejoinder. In fact, few of them did."
Author: Julia Quinn

26. "Milk?" Lady Bridgerton asked."Thank you," Gareth replied. "No sugar, if you please.""Hyacinth takes hers with three," Gregory said, reaching for a piece of shortbread."Why," Hyacinth ground out, "would he care?""Well," Gregory replied, taking a bite and chewing, "he is your special friend."
Author: Julia Quinn

27. "But Hyacinth Bridgerton, who at ten should have known the least about kisses of anyone, just blinked thoughtfully, and said, " I think it's nice. If they're laughing now, they'll probably be laughing forever."
Author: Julia Quinn

28. "I love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring."
Author: Kirsty Gallacher

29. "And I'll dance with you in Vienna,I'll be wearing a river's disguise.The hyacinth wild on my shouldermy mouth on the dew of your thighs.And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,with the photographs there and the moss.And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty,my cheap violin and my cross."
Author: Leonard Cohen

30. "They see nothing indecent in sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and indulge in it quite openly, in full view of everyone. The only exception was Socrates, who was always swearing that his relations with young men were purely Platonic, but nobody believed him for a moment, and Hyacinthus and Narcissus gave first-hand evidence to the contrary."
Author: Lucian

31. "...the cooing of pigeons, nesting in the wall outside; shimmering and unexpected like a first hyacinth gently tearing open its nutritious heart to release its flower of sound, mauve and satin-soft, letting into my still dark and shuttered bedroom as through an opened window the warmth, the brightness, the fatigue of a first fine day."
Author: Marcel Proust

32. "If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul."
Author: Mohammad

33. "Ah…" Favonius nodded sympathetically. "I don't blame you for being nervous, Nico di Angelo. Do you know how I ended up serving Cupid?" "I don't serve anyone," Nico muttered. "Especially not Cupid." Favonius continued as if he hadn't heard. "I fell in love with a mortal named Hyacinthus. He was quite extraordinary." "He…?" Jason's brain was still fuzzy from his wind trip, so it took him a second to process that. "Oh…" "Yes, Jason Grace." Favonius arched an eyebrow. "I fell in love with a dude. Does that shock you?" Honestly, Jason wasn't sure. He tried not to think about the details of godly love lives, no matter who they fell in love with. After all, his dad, Jupiter, wasn't exactly a model of good behavior. Compared to some of the Olympian love scandals he'd heard about, the West Wind falling in love with a mortal guy didn't seem very shocking. "I guess not. So…Cupid struck you with his arrow, and you fell in love."
Author: Rick Riordan

34. "At last Hyacinth asked rather mournfully: "Why do you keep on pushing me away?" The note of unhappiness in that voice quite shocked him. How little one knows what one knows, or wants what one wants."
Author: Robert Musil

35. "Aunt Hyacinth's protections around the house would stop a spirit. They wouldn't do anything against an axe murderer except make him queasy, which didn't seem like it would be much of a deterrent. I mean, a strong stomach probably came with the job."
Author: Rosemary Clement Moore

36. "Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul."
Author: Sharon Creech

37. "You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; They called me the hyacinth girl.' —Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, Looking into the heart of light, the silence. Od' und leer das Meer."
Author: T.S. Eliot

38. "In the country, spring is a time of small happenings happening quietly, hyacinth shoots thrusting in a garden, willows burning with a sudden frosty fire of green, lengthening afternoons of long flowing dusk, and midnight rain opening lilac; but in the city there is the fanfare of organ-grinders, and odors, undiluted by winter wind, clog the air; windows long closed go up, and conversation, drifting beyond a room, collides with the jangle of a peddler's bell."
Author: Truman Capote

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