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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

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

“The unachievable is often but one stride more from reality.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

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

“There were problems with having a reputation like his. Folks either wanted your hide or wanted you to save theirs. There was never any happy, indifferent middle ground.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Songkeeper

“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

“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

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

“With a rumble of disapproval, the griffin removed his paw from Slack’s back. She scrambled upright and darted out of reach, eyeing her discarded hatchet but evidently not daring to match her speed against the griffin’s. First wise move Ky could recollect her making. Ever. Slack opened her mouth, but Gundhrold fixed her with a stern glare, silencing her before she could speak.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Song of Leira

“Sometimes Aodh leads us by strange, twisting paths. We may not be able to see where those paths lead yet, but one day, I know we'll look back and we'll see that all of them have been made straight by Aodh's hand.”
― Gillian Bronte Adams, Of Dawn and Embers