“the first lesson that Toadling learned, in that strange place, was loneliness.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“Surrounded by child-eating swamp spirits, Toadling felt intensely loved.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“It was really very sweet, and so if someone asked me about Thornhedge, I would probably say that it is a sweet book, and then presumably someone would point out that the heroine is raised by child-eating fish monsters and the villain is torturing people and animating the dead, and I would be left flailing my hands around and saying, “But it’s sweet! Really!”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“Toads are capable of sarcasm, but their blood runs too cold for hysteria.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“No. I have many mothers. If I am hideous, then we are hideous together. And that made it easier, because in her heart of hearts, she could not believe that her mothers were anything but beautiful.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
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