"Yes. Reyn is our resident horse master. He has an excellent seat."I grinned. "I've noticed."Reyn's face tightened and Nell flushed, looking embarrassed. "It's an equestrian term.""Really? I thought yo..."
- Cate Tiernan
"There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose."
"I cared about them. I wanted them to feel better, to live better lives. And then it occurred to me - I cared about myself. I wanted me to live a better life, too Caring about myself was allowing me to..."
"Maybe what River had meant was that time itself was like a river, moving steadily forward, and you got to be in a new river every day, every hour. All my life I'd felt like a lake. A lake where everyh..."
"I felt an overwhelming gratitude in my life right now and wanted a chance to acknowledge it. I felt that any thanks given to any god all went to the same place, anyway, no matter what religion you wer..."
"No, officer, I have no idea why I'm wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad."-Nastasya"
"I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever."
"The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death."
"There is beauty and darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life in death, thorns on the rose."
"Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick..."