Kerris Quotes

“His vision blurred. He smelled bread. He was back. Paula stood in front of him, bristling like a mother cat protecting a kitten. The scullions were all watching. The chief cook was spluttering at the old woman.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“He had learned to love the Keep and the mountains that rose behind it like the spine of the earth. He loved the land in summer; he loved the steppe, windswept and honey-colored grass. But it was not likely that he would ever get a chance to leave it. It was just as well he was comfortable in it.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“He supposed he ought to hate the Asech for killing his mother. It was hard to hate a whole people, especially people he had never met.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“Elath is the witch town, he thought, and I am a witch.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“The swelling voices made him want to hide.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“I can’t just be the person my teachers wanted me to be. I need to explore-to learn not only what I can do but what I want to do.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“The pattern feels right when I’m there.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Dancers of Arun

“The room went away; she saw the castle, and the tower. The buildings changed: shrank, or enlarged, as her raging mind brought her farther from or closer to them. The stars made a bridge across the world. Torches flared on the battlements; the air was clean and dry and chilly. She hovered suddenly at the open window of the tower. A man-or boy, for he looked young-sat within the many-sided chamber. He held a pen in one hand. The other was not there-at all, Sorren realized. His right arm was gone, cut off at the shoulder. His embroidered sleeve hung empty.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, The Northern Girl