Author: Zoraida Córdova

Cites

• Sir Thomas Malory (2)
  • IN: The Vast and Brutal Sea (2014) Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: "Now put me into the barge," said the king... / "for I will into the Vale of Avilion to heal me of my grievous wound; / and if thou hear never more of me, pray for my soul."
    FROM: Le Morte D'Arthur, (1485), Book, UK
• Christina Rossetti (2)
  • IN: The Savage Blue (2013) Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Shut out from the heaven it makes its moan, / It frets against the boundary shore; / All earth's full rivers cannot fill / The sea, that drinking thirsteth still.
    FROM: By The Sea, (1858), Poem, UK
• W. B. Yeats (1)
  • IN: The Savage Blue (2013) Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: A mermaid found a swimming lad, / Picked him for her own, / Pressed her body to his body, / Laughed; and plunging down / Forgot in cruel happiness / That even lovers drown.
    FROM: A Man Young and Old, (1928), Poem, Ireland
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1)
  • IN: The Vast and Brutal Sea (2014) Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And if the earthly no longer knows your name, / Whisper to the silent earth: I'm flowing. / To the flashing water say: I am.
    FROM: Silent Friend of Many Distances, Feel, (1907), Poem, Czech Republic/Switzerland