Legacy of the Dead Quotes

“Wishful thinking, that time might heal—it seldom healed anything, only making scars that were often tender to the touch, and ugly.”
― Charles Todd, Legacy Of The Dead

“We walked away from all that was warm and dear and stood frightened in cold rain where the guns fired, and in the end, we died in pain, the black stinking mud our shroud, embraced at last not by living arms, but by the bones of those who before us died …”
― Charles Todd, Legacy of the Dead

“Hamish was like a trumpet in his head. “You will no’ die. Do you hear me? You willna’ die!” “You’re already dead, Corporal. You can’t stop me.” Rutledge was finding it hard to concentrate. “You willna’ die! I willna’ let you die!”
― Charles Todd, Legacy Of The Dead

“There have always been two standards,” Rutledge answered. “People called Fiona a whore, but there’s no name for a man who has an illegitimate child.”
― Charles Todd, Legacy Of The Dead

“There always seemed to be more sky in Scotland than in England, a different sky. Vast and empty, as if God weren’t at home.”
― Charles Todd, Legacy Of The Dead