Luc Berimont Quotes

“Better beware of the newly deadOf the white-handed ghostAnd the brightness of these lamps . . .”

“Better beware of the newly deadOf the white-handed ghostAnd the brightness of these lamps . . .wrote Luc Berimont in 1940, in Reign of Darkness.I’ve always felt the greatest reluctance to go anywhere near, to touch, a fresh corpse. For me, it’s an unseemly thing. Useless. Hostile. Cunning. Dangerous. The ‘presence’ is much stronger, more perceptible one hour after death than one hour before. By my observation, this was not the case with Heisserer.He was entirely absent from his head, his hands,his quivering body. He was gone instantly, unburdened of his absurd life, released.”

“Do you really think that I don’t have anything better to do than to spend my time thinking about you? Digging up a little of the goods on Luc Martineau?”Fine lines appeared at the corners of his eyes and he laughed. “Sweetheart, there is nothing little about Luc’s goods.”

“It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before.”

“It's easier to learn things for life by the age of 12 and not the age of 18. This is just my guess.”

“Kidnapping you was the worst idea I ever had." - Luc Wade”

“Riley, you're the Devil, and I'd gladly sell you my soul, if you didn't already own it..." - Luc Wade”

“If ever there was something she needed to stick around and fight for, Luc was that something.”

“You make me want to suck a bruise on you just to kiss it better.--Luc to Jane--”

“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”