Hunter Kay Wallace > Quotes

“How long ago had she decided it was better to show the world she’d rather be alone on purpose than on accident? Such a false dichotomy.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Stitching Power

“I can do this. I can save myself.

Right?”
― Hunter Kay Wallace

“Yolenda couldn’t wait to arrive in a new village. Her chestnut mare seemed to agree, leaning into each step as they traversed the equator’s shifting red sand.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, The Shaman's Bones

“The glowing lapis- and lemon-hued serpent burst from the flames, a hissing and crying otherworldly being so large, she threatened the thick beams of the ceremonial hall.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, The Shaman's Bones

“I get it,” Anyo said, taking her hand. “I can see it all over your face. You love helping people when they’re hurting. When you can be that difference.”

Yana blushed, though she knew it was true. “Everyone does.”

Anyo shook his head.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Aluminum Ziggurat

“Even if you can’t trust me,” he said, “pretend. Pretend you know I’ve got you.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Aluminum Ziggurat

“It felt right to be this close to him. It felt like home though she’d never imagined home could be anywhere but with her farming caravan.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, The Shaman's Bones

“You can have Petrovich. I keep offering, but I’m not getting any takers. (Yana)

Yeah, because he’s like a bowl of reindeer jelly at a party with hard candies. (Inona)

Last I checked, you were developing a taste for reindeer. (Yana)”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Stitching Power

“She knocked against the [other side of the] wall.

He knocked back, wishing he could break it down altogether. To get to her. To kiss her like he’d wanted to at the cove.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Aluminum Ziggurat

“Anyo wanted to shiver, knees weak, but plastered on a neutral face and nodded. Yana--no, Ludyana--might as well want him dead, but he wasn't going to let her see how terrified he was.”
― Hunter Kay Wallace, Stitching Power