“Roger became aware, in a subliminally marital way, that his wife was disgruntled at the thought of being left behind to organize the harvest-a filthy, exhausting job at the best of times-whilst he frolicked with a squad of his co-religionists in the romantically exciting metropolis of Cross Creek, population two hundred.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“If one day, a bhailach...ye should meet a verra large mouse named Michael-ye'll tell him your grandsire sends his regards.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“Highlanders make the truest friends-if only because they make the worst enemies.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“Mama says the Beardsleys follow her around like dogs, but they don’t. They follow her like tame wolves.
I thought Ian said it wasn’t possible to tame wolves.
It isn’t.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
I thought Ian said it wasn’t possible to tame wolves.
It isn’t.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
“I regarded him gently over my own bowl of stew. He was very large, solid, and beautifully formed. And if he was a bit battered by circumstance, that merely added to his charm.
"You're a very hard person to kill, I think," I said. "That's a great comfort to me.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
"You're a very hard person to kill, I think," I said. "That's a great comfort to me.”
― A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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