Martha Conway > Quotes

“What if you do what you think is right, for yourself or someone else, but it doesn't make a difference."

- Susanna Quiner”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“Meera frowns. “Maybe the Little Warrior.” “Who is that?” A spirit, Meera explains, who appears in the form of a child dressed in war gear—eagle feathers and paint. “He comes to those alone in the forest to warn them of danger.” Susanna’s”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“One man gave her water from his skin pouch, which carried with it a faint taste of animal”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“A rooster crowing in a doorway means visitors are coming. An old Scottish superstition. The”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“She is tough, like a Quiner woman. She works hard and she doesn’t feel sorry for herself. At the same time she won’t let someone else tell her what she should do with her life.”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“Was every good change made in the world the result of successful bullying? I wondered.”
― Martha Conway, The Underground River

“Trouble comes to those who bring it upon themselves, her mother used to say,”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“Susanna, who is superstitious, has put a piece of rowan wood in the pocket of her black dress to guard against ghosts,”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“alpha, beta, gamma, delta”
― Martha Conway, The Underground River

“You can remember when you look at them.” “Remember?” “Aurelia,” he says. “To speak the name is to make live again.”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest

“Graveyards are needed before churches.”
― Martha Conway, Thieving Forest