The Witch's Daughter (The Witch's Daughter, #1)

by Paula Brackston

“Surely it is the summer of our lives. Why would I want to leave it? Such freedom. Life is all possibility. And then we grow up and find our choices to be so very few. Everything is set down for us. Who we must be. Where we must bide. How we must live our lives.”

Bess knelt beside him and clasped his hand to her breast. “Oh, Thomas, there is no courage in being fearless. Do you not know that? A person who knows fear and yet can still think of others, well, he be a brave man.”

disapprove. Which means we must keep secrets, Tegan and I. And secrets are dangerous. They start small but grow with every evasive answer or outright lie that protects them. Nevertheless, I confess to finding the closeness such conspiracy breeds irresistibly delicious.

To learn, you must be humble. You must be prepared to admit your ignorance. You must allow yourselves to be filled with the vital information presented to you via the skills and dedication of those who have gone before you down the long path to enlightenment.”