J. Anderson Coats > Quotes

“Charming. We're going to be murdered in our beds.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“Even better. We're going to be murdered in our beds by infidels.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“God save me ere I have any babies. They are grabby, clingy creatures who steal your figure and always want a ribbon or a wooden sword. And who sometimes make you die bearing them.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“And she gave me victory and kept me from harm like she always has. Did she not?"
The patter rises to save me. It tells me to put away the dagger. Smile big, spin out the falsehoods, let him slide an arm around my hips and plant a noisy kiss on my cheek. Wear my spoils, put on my show, spread my legs. Be part and parcel of whatever full measure of vengeance he thinks to carry out. Follow after like a good little pet. See to it that I'm doing all the things he's decided make a place for me with him so no one pays much attention to what he's doing.
"No" I say, quiet but steady. "No, she didn't.”
― J. Anderson Coats

“Once I asked Saint Elen for my life and she gave it to me, but when someone gives you something, it does not really become yours. The giver still decides when and why and how. And a gift can always be taken back.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“No one notices women in the shadows. No one believes they will bring down the dagger.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“This is how the lads can do it. This is how they march burning and pay no heed to cries for mercy and pity. They are no longer flesh and blood. They are weapons, and weapons are made of iron and steel.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“I think of the dagger. For many long moments.
I slip out of bed and dress, then sling my kitful of plunder over one shoulder. I leave my spindle, though. I've spun enough flasehoods to last all my life.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“There are no more gates, only hinges clinging to the walls like broken spiders.”
― J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“If I make myself the saint, she will strike me down.
If I don't, someone in this clearing will.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger