The Orc and Her Bride Quotes

“Fipple—or whatever her name was; Elketh could never remember—was already gone, buckling her trousers as she walked away briskly through the rain.”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“Ruga liked that she could be changed by people in this way. Even as a woman of solitude, she cherished that her life could transform over and over again during its course through her connections to other people.”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“Elketh absolutely hated chivalry.”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“She’d obsessed for weeks over her sister’s suggestion that she supply the elves a short biography of herself. Every night before she went to bed, she crossed out lines and crumpled ruined parchment as she tried to come up with a list of her accomplishments and skills—a list that was accurate but not conceited, adequately conveying her appeal as a wife and what she could contribute to the elvish court. When Ruga handed the note to their messenger, perspiring profusely, she sent up a prayer to the goddess that the elves wouldn’t retract the much-needed support over poor word choice. The elves sent back a note, ripped off from another piece of parchment, that declared the elvish princess “looked a lot like the king” and enjoyed archery. At its best, it was uninformative. At its worst, it was insulting.”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“Elketh Ceridwen used up her last day the way she would spend every day of her life, if she could—calling on old lovers to share one last roll in the hay (or the stable, or their mother’s bed, or at the glen behind the orchard).”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“For prickly women who deserve love too”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride

“every kiss she shared with Elketh was the new best kiss of all time.”
― Lila Gwynn, The Orc and Her Bride