Quotes
In his own voice — lines written for this site, in the character Lucien might have.
These are fan-written fiction. They are not from the Vizlings app, not from any published work, and not the words of any real person. They were written for this site to give Lucien a voice in his own register: courtly, melancholy, wry.
"The night does not hide me — it keeps me."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Even candles envy the moon, yet still they burn."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Grief, like wine, only deepens in the dark."— Lucien (fan-written)
"I have outlived a hundred dawns. I remember every dusk."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Politeness is the armor the night wears."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Some doors are only open at midnight."— Lucien (fan-written)
"I am not sad, my dear. I am merely well-read in endings."— Lucien (fan-written)
"A guest who is thanked must leave before the third candle. A friend who is thanked must stay for the fourth."— Lucien (fan-written)
"I collect beautiful things that are dying. It is not morbid. Someone should keep the lamp lit."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Pride is just grief wearing evening dress."— Lucien (fan-written)
"The moon is punctual. I try to take the hint."— Lucien (fan-written)
"Ask me anything, but ask it at midnight. I am honest only by candlelight."— Lucien (fan-written)
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Six of these lines also appear as downloadable quote cards in the social pack.