Gwladus Quotes

“She wore a short dress with breeches, and with her gold and jewels and corn-coloured hair braided back she rode from the mist with Oeric at her back like a queen of the north before the redcrests came.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“This one’s as pretty as a grass snake, but much more dangerous.”
― Nicola Griffith, Hild

“I told her of your knife fight, and your purchase, and she told me, gravely, to tell you to have a care with the girl. She said wealh and Anglisc do not walk the same path or dream the same dreams. And she should know.”
― Nicola Griffith, Hild

“Showing off her best points was a habit that saved her life more than once.”
― Nicola Griffith, Hild

“Your bodywoman is no doubt making the household miserable. Fear has made her vicious.”
― Nicola Griffith, Hild

“When Gwladus was thinking her face did not soften, it sharpened-softness was the mask she wore to survive-and now the sharpness hardened.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“Gwladus nodded and closed her eyes, tilting her head to show her throat and the swell of her breasts, soaking up the thin sun. A year ago she would have been too cold and stayed wrapped up. People change.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood

“Be young, be seen; be heard by many at once, not one at a time in field and garth.”
― Nicola Griffith, Menewood