“Apologies made it worse. She had long experience with unkindness, but apologies undid her.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“I am sorry,' he said. 'It is chivalry---no, that isn't true. Actually, it's my mother. If I swore before a lady, she would scold me, so now I must apologize instinctively. The apology is part of the curse. If I stub my toe, I say damnationsorry!”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“It was in Toadling’s nature to try to please.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
“Thorns die from the inside out, like priests.”
― Thornhedge
― Thornhedge
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