“I love you,” he whispered in Elide’s ear. “I have loved you from the moment you picked up that axe to slay the ilken.” Her tears flowed past him in the wind. “And I will be with you …” His voice broke, but he made himself say the words,
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“But I thought all kids got a mammaw, along with a caseworker and free school lunch and the canned beanie-weenies they gave you in a bag to take home for weekends.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“Mrs. Peggot cooked venison roast in the crockpot. You’ve not eaten till you’ve had that.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“You are not what happened to you. You are what you do next.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“Sitka was one of the most charming—and certainly among the most historic—of all Alaskan towns.”
― Winter Garden
― Winter Garden
“Why was it that pebbles looked like boulders until they were in your rearview mirror?”
― Night Road
― Night Road
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