The Cold Blacksmith Quotes

“Others might find her intimidating, but Weyland Smith wore the promise-ring of Ahun the Valkyrie. No witch could mortify him. Not even one who kept Herdrún-who dined on the leaves of the World Ash-as a mulch goat.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“Her hair was black and it wasn’t pinned, all those gleaming curls a-tumble across the shoulders of a dress that matched her hair and veil and hat.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“My heart,” the woman said. “’Tis broken. Fix it for me.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“The witch must have known he was coming, as she always seemed to know.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“The witch broke his gaze on the excuse of tucking an escaped strand of his long gray ponytail behind his ear and relented.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“He shook his head at the smile that curved her lips and snorted.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories

“She made a little cry as she came forward, neither glad nor sorrowful, but rather tight, as if she couldn’t keep all her hope and anticipation pent in her breast any longer.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories