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“What strange beasts people are, she thought. We adjust to everything so quickly. Perhaps we would even get used to Hell.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“Children are little priests of their parents, watching their every gesture and expression for signs of their divine will.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“The world was turning cartwheels, Makepeace realized, and nobody was sure which was was up any more. Rules were breaking, but nobody was certain which ones. If you had enough confidence, you could walk in and at as if you knew what the new rules were, and other people would believe you.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“Bear, I need your eyes. I need your nose. I need your night-wits and forest-wisdom.”
― A Skinful of Shadows
― A Skinful of Shadows
“My family taught me, too, to begin every burial with these words, which my mother said were true of everyone who lives long enough to walk and talk—from the most honorable person lying here, down to the very worst.” He closed his eyes and touched his chest. “ ‘How they tried,’ ” said Rafe. “ ‘How long, how hard they tried.”
― Viscera
― Viscera
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