Dan’s Reviews > The Daughters' War > Status Update

“…and that the dead have grown larger than now. They are of all time, and none.” Wow.

“To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree. He has written in advance, and has presented to others; to receive a woman’s love is to have a very personal letter written on one’s body.”

Tut tut, Buehlman is trying to fit in with Romantasy crowd here. Unnecessary comment and poorly conveyed in prose as well. Minus one star.

“ But like many precious kept things she was lonely.”

The hill is larger than it is in life, but this is the way we dream things from childhood.

“1000 flatterers are not worth one person who is willing to wipe your ass.”

“This has been a hard skill to learn, the forgiving of self, and it is not always easy to know when it is good and when it is indulgent. But there is not so much time in life that we should spend it being sorry.”

“I will admit that, in addition to being petty, sometimes, I am also vulnerable to find things, and this Brandy was beyond anything I had ever tasted at once warm and friendly, beautiful and old, a song and a breathless sprint”

“ it is good to remember those who stand.”

“Few gifts, survey soldier, as well as finding beauty and ugly places, and humor in the lap of fear.”