Gillian Bronte Adams > Quotes

“Sure. I generally make it a point not to refuse anyone with a weapon in my face.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“Don't look so stiff and concerned, bucko. Word from the wise, sometimes there's no better place to hide than in the open, and no better way to disappear than to stand out."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"Sure it does. Hogan wrote it years and years ago - you do know who Hogan is right?”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“At the worst times, the best plan was often no plan. And Ky excelled at coming up with no plan.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Orphan's Song

“There is a moment between life and death when the chain of time is broken.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“I've freed you once tonight, and I would rather not do it again. I prefer to commit treason as few times as possible.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“It called her by name. Birdie. Songkeeper. Beloved. You are mine.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Orphan's Song

“My people prepare for a battle we cannot win in a war intended for our destruction. Why should I risk their safety to rescue a legend?”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“They say 'Chaos is the ally of the desperate man,' and I reckon it applies to dwarves and snot-nosed boys too. Let's test is at the front gate, shall we?”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“So what's the plan?"
"Not dying.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“You are all broken, Songkeeper... But not beyond repair.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Maybe sometimes promises had to be broken. Maybe sometimes you were doomed to failure from the start, no matter how hard you fought. But acknowledging your own helplessness was no consolation - if anything, it just made you feel worse.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“Why did the sand-blasted catbird have to be so seaswoggling logical? It was downright infuriating.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“Over the past few days, Amos McElhenny had stared death in the face so many times that he hardly blinked anymore. What harm could once more do?”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“Listen little Songkeeper, the voice whispered, and I will sing you a Song.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“There's no shame in having someone haul you back to your feet again, Ceridwen. That's what we do. We rise and ride again, but we don't have to do it alone.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Sea and Smoke

“His eyes constantly snagged on the first line, inked so neatly below his wrist: Aodh is true.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“Aodh’s purposes are not always apparent. Nor does his hand always guide where we expect.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“Gundhrold's head lowered until his massive beak was only inches away from Amos's nose. "I am a son of the desert. This was once my home - the home of all my kind. I know every crag, every slope, every crick and hollow-"
Amos rolled his eyes. "Every blatherin' speck o' sand?”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“I, on the other hand, have no faith that your mission—whatever it is—can succeed. I’m content to bide my time here in this tiny, damp, worm-infested hovel and wait for the world to end. Cheers.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“And in that glorious burst of energy and speed, Ceridwen whispered the word once more. Onward. Fate. Battle cry. And occasionally, a prayer.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“I trust you have a plan?"
Ky stifled a chuckle. 'Course he didn't have a plan. In instances like these, having too much of a plan was almost certain to get you killed. Better to trust instinct and not box yourself in with expectations.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“Maybe if men could hear the weeping of the stars, war and oppression would cease.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“This is the first lesson every rider must learn: falling is not failing. Riding is getting up again. Again and again.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Sea and Smoke

“The unachievable is often but one stride more from reality.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“A chill settled over Birdie. She had caught glimpses of her face before—once in the watering trough in the Sylvan Swan’s stable after she had given it a good scrubbing, another time in the birch-shaded pool beside the road to Hardale. There was no doubt that the face on the parchment resembled her own, but there were slight differences. It was older than the face she remembered, older than she could look now. Stunning in a way one was not likely to forget. But there was something about the eyes that captivated her, caused her to reach out her hand and trace the line of one arching brow.
Such strength there, such confidence.
This was not the face of one with fear caged in her chest.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams

“Become worthy. Lead.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“Honestly, he was surprised to wake up each morning and find that his brains had not been bashed out in his sleep.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“Life was cruel. It pitted the weak against the strong and never even blinked when the weak were crushed.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“But the sand was not cursed with memory. Nor did the sea recall.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Fire and Ash

“Hurry, aye, but hurry where?" Amos halted midstride and spread his arms wide to encapsulate the view. The Vituain desert surrounded them, vast in its nothingness.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper