Winter of the Crystal Dances Quotes

“Socrates must have felt the cold because he whipped his leg back inside, then both brothers put their heads down and closed their jewel eyes. Cocoa nickered again when I threw the third bale down and I heard Mom shushing her, then I chucked the fourth bale over the edge and started down the ladder.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“The barn was drafty, but the stove helped to keep Rusty, Cocoa, and the two barn cats just a little warmer on these screaming cold nights.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Rusty, my gray gelding, and Cocoa, Mom’s chocolate brown mare, put their heads over their stall doors to watch us. Cocoa whinnied a greeting.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Then I focused on the mares and their children: Wind Dancer, a pretty palomino and Twilight’s dam, Black Wing, dam of two-year-old Dark Moon; and Snow Crystal, a gray mare so old that she’d long ago”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“I heard Night Hawk, the herd stallion, telling Twilight, the yearling buckskin filly, to not lag behind.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Willow belonged to their herd.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“I’ve never talked to any other horse but Rusty – well, except once, and it ended very badly for the horse. She was one of the mustangs. Her name was Willow, and – I’m sorry. I can’t go there. I thought I could, but I can’t. Let’s leave it at that.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Rusty, my gray gelding, knows about my weird talent, if it can even be called a talent. Rusty and I can even talk.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Luckily, I stayed up late that night, reading by lantern light until my eyes burned. Yeah, you guessed right – we don’t have electricity. When I finally accepted that the book was too long to finish before morning, I closed it grudgingly. Loonie, our ancient German Shepherd”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“the blanket from Twilight, I unclipped the lead rope from the halter and slowly released the filly. This time she needed no help”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“snow”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“happy”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Air rushes in and out of my lungs as I inhale the sharp air. My muscles thrum with energy,”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“The painting was fantastic, even though this one didn’t have mustangs in it. It was simply a landscape of a snowy field and trees and distant mountains,”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“All we can do is the best we can and let others be who they are.”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“they allowed the beauty of their world to overtake them. I can’t begin to write how glorious it all was. Words aren’t enough. One thing for sure, I’d never wanted to really truly be a horse so much in my life. But as much as I was there with them, I could never fully enter their world. All I could do was sit in my house on a cold night with”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“interpret”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“cold nips ears bites sides snaps trees can’t hide crusts snow covers grass thickens water frozen fast invades lungs mists breath shivers skin makes death”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances

“Luckily, I stayed up late that night,”
― Angela Dorsey, Winter of the Crystal Dances