Season of Death Quotes

“I suppose many husbands find listening to their wives talk about decorating to be a chore, even a trial. A single false step and one finds he has agreed to an expenditure of more than a hundred pounds for a dresser that looks just like the one it replaces. However, I’m glad when Rebecca prattles on about Chesterfield sofas and Axminster carpets, because I’m learning what she likes and why she likes them.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“It is his way to take responsibility for any act taken against him. Everything in life is a lesson, he believes, and like all of us, he was still learning.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“The closer I came to the bottom I saw bodies and shattered limbs of people who had gone to bed the night before expecting to wake the next morning. Safety is an illusion. We know not what lies beneath our feet.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“I’ll add him to your list.” “Thank you,” I said. “I don’t believe it’s a list of everyone you dislike,” my wife pronounced. “More likely it’s a list of everyone you know.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“she seemed unremarkable, but inside her rib cage beat the heart of a Valkyrie.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“It was always thus. Women bear the burden for us all.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“Barker and I had each tasted poverty in our time and would do what we could to ease our neighbor’s burden. Otherwise, what else is a man good for?”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“No one wants to confess to being in need. It is an admission of failure.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

“I’ll be dead by year’s end. The season of death is upon us.”
― Will Thomas, Season of Death: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel