Tristran Thorn (pronounced "Tristan" in the movie version) is a character in Neil Gaiman's novel, Stardust. Tristran comes from half-faerie parentage. He wants to win the love of Victoria, so he goes on a quest to find her a fallen star, which leads him to Yvaine. He falls in love with her even though she's the fallen star.
One of the quotes I adore from Stardust: "She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars."
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Stardust was a weird on for me as far as the movie go and I'm still on the fence about it. But I'd be interested to see if reading the book changes my mind. Hummmm. Nice quote. (:
ReplyDeleteYeah, give the book a try. It's a different style of writing.
DeleteI do not know Stardust or Tristan...great quote though.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great book and fun movie. :)
Deleteit is a nice quote!
ReplyDeleteThere are more, but I think that's the best one from that book. :)
DeleteI love Stardust! Though I'll admit the movie worked more for me than the book, and usually it's the other way around. Tristan's a great character.
ReplyDeleteNice quote. I'll have to check this out.
Delete@Nicole I think Tristan's pretty great, too. :)
Delete@Jai hope you like it! :)
I really dig the name Tristan (am using it for an MC in one of my WIPs), but hadn't heard of Tristran. Doesn't seem like it'd roll too smoothly off the tongue, eh? (Maybe it's my tongue's fault.) ;-)
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I love the name Tristan, too. :)
DeleteMarvelous story and characters. Gaiman is a genius.
ReplyDeleteI agree! He is!
DeleteI actually loved the movie, although I have not read the book. I thought it was very fun.
ReplyDeleteAlso are we still on for your Z?
Yep Z is still on. I hope to get ques to you by tomorrow.
DeleteI need to read the book cause I loved the movie.
ReplyDeleteDe Niro was so awesome in the movie!
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