Robin Tompkins Quotes

“Tamarin stood and walked briskly toward the front of the barge.
‘King Billy...’ She said firmly, ‘There is great danger following behind us!’
‘Danger is it? What manner of danger would that be then?’ Billy said, setting his jaw.
‘I know not...’ she said flatly.
‘Then how can you tell there’s danger?’ he said.
‘That’s for me to know and you to be glad I know...’ she answered, the little crease forming at the bridge of her nose. Recognising the shadow of Ullie, Gorg turned his head aside as tears formed in his eyes.”
― Robin Tompkins, After Bell Hill

“Draw closer... closer, that you might clearly hear my words; for in the telling of tales, the softly spoken word may carry more power than the shout... the silence between words, more power than the words themselves.
“I know this, because I am Omar, the Teller of Tales.”
― Robin Tompkins, Omar the Teller of Tales and Other Stories