A.G. Slatter > Quotes

“I don’t need you,’ I say, ‘I want you. That should be enough. That should be better because it means I’ve made a choice.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“A secret seldom survives being shared.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“And a trace of a tale is all that’s needed to find your way in the world.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“There's something magical about song and story when they're given, something unique.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“Life. A woman's life is the path of thorns," I say. "We walk through it, our feet will always hurt."

"I knew you were smart." She presses her lips together, calls me by my name for the first time. "Asher? My feet hurt."

I say, "Yes."

And we both begin to cry.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“Love is a barbed hook and family the line to which it is tied. It digs deep and sometimes trying to remove it entirely does more damage than simply leaving the obstruction beneath the skin for a scar to grow over.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“And I realise that most people will remain somewhere as long as they can no matter that it’s no good for them. Home might be a pile of shit, but they’ll stay because it’s warm and the smell is familiar and they’ll cling to that.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“Mourning silk for my wedding gown. How appropriate.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“If I know anything for certain it’s that neither love nor hate is ever simple.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“Very few people are entirely good or bad, missy, but some ignore the calling of one or the other better than the rest of us.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“All the waters in the world are joined.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“Secrets do not stay in the dark where we put them. Some lie dormant, but others slither beneath doors, over windowsills, through the cracks in walls, out into the light where everyone can see them, poke at them, know them.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“Just hang on to whatever’s solid, Óisín would say, but it took me a long time to realise he meant I had to rely on myself: I was the only solid thing in that angry sea.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“Some folk make a point of not visiting pain on others when it’s been done to them; most people, though, think it’s their due to inflict a little of their own agony.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“She's dead, taking all my answers with her.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“The idea of girls who chose their own fate bolsters my conviction that I’m doing the right thing – whether I want to or not. I’m doing Hedrek’s bidding in spite of myself, but there’s hope, perhaps, that after this is done, I might choose my own path.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Crimson Road

“Nothing beyond your own wishes that are always satisfied. You just want to impose your own will on the world and pretend you're a savior.”
― A. G. Slatter

“A polite person would offer their own name, first.’ ‘She’s Miss Violet.’ Freddie reaches for the jar once more. ‘I’d put these away if I were you.’ Firmly putting the lid back on, I move the cannister away from Freddie. ‘Travelling incognito is a bit pointless if you just tell my name to the first person who feeds us.’ She shrugs.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Crimson Road

“Just as I came to break this house, so too I'm breaking. The fault lines that run through me are growing wider and wider. I must leave before I'm entirely sundered.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“He knows about my purchased knives, yes, but not about Óisín’s pearl-handled knife, hidden deep within my pockets, and it’s an awful surprise to him that I slip it across his throat as he’s kissing me.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“the Widow O’Meara accepted what I brought but gave me the same look she always does, and I hurried away just as I always do.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“I shake myself, feel the past cascade from my shoulders.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“I actually do like dresses and skirts as long as they’ve got pockets.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“for I know if I lose my temper now, I’ll never get it back. When you’re angry all logic, all reason, flies out the window, and shouting, as Óisín was fond of saying wisely, achieves nothing”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“This is the story you asked to taste, whether it be sour or sweet, it is done.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“The prince of assassins felled so low by a woman and a tiny knife.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“Their dealings were discreet, but things done ill always leave echoes and stains behind.”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

“I made myself beneath their notice, I learned to move oh-so-quietly along the corridors, to slip in and out of places I was not meant to be. To enchant the soles of my shoes so I could pass unremarked.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“I can’t take a fucking step but I land on a thorn.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

“She was willing to sell me to regain a fortune. But I loved her because children always seek something to love, and I’ll miss her nonetheless”
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones