The Darkening Field Quotes

“Well, I chose to join the Militia and if you’re afraid of bears, you shouldn’t go picking berries, now should you?”
― William Ryan, The Darkening Field: A Novel

“Still,” Babel said, the smile not quite reaching his eyes, “remember the saying—if you’re destined to die at sea, you won’t be hanged.”
― William Ryan, The Darkening Field: A Novel