#maid

Up the still, glistening beaches, Up the creeks we will hie, Over banks of bright seaweed The ebb-tide leaves dry. We will gaze, from the sand-hills, At the white, sleeping town; At the church on the hill-side— And then come back down. Singing: "There dwells a loved one, But cruel is she! She left lonely for ever The kings of the sea. (from poem 'The Forsaken Merman') ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#mermaids #poem #poetry #victorian-era #love

She swore vengeance on all men with dark hearts. ↗

— Lisa Papademetriou

#dark-hearts #mermaid #rogues #siren #vengeance

I was nervous. How was I to know he loved me? It might be just an affair. Why did we ever say just? Though at that time men and women tried each other on, casually, like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#love

Start with your heart, and only good can follow! ↗

— Ocean

#kind #mermaid #music #ocean #poetry

There’s nothing easier to ‘acquire’ than a girl with a broken heart. ↗

— Daniele Lanzarotta

#new-adult #owen #new-adult

I can't, Muffin. I can't talk to him. Why? He was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to talk to now that he know's that you're part fish? ↗

— Jill Myles

#mermaid #relationship-quotes #relationship

Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it. ↗

— Ashley Madau

#dragon #dragons #mermaid-romance #mermaids #morningside

What kind of woman was she anyway to give herself to a man just because of some mangroves and a few birds? ↗

— Tula Neal

#mermaid-romance #mermaids #supernatural-erotica #erotic-romance

King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#debt #duke #england #france #good

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#hand #maiden #mistress #poor #riches