The House of the Four Winds Quotes

“Well,” Clarice said, once the pirates were safely out of earshot. “Nobody shot us.” “Yet,” Dominick answered.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds

“I, ah … I suppose it’s for the best. That you … aren’t a boy, I mean." There was another, longer awkward pause. "I … I’m glad you aren’t a boy."
Despite the danger, the horror, the utterly terrible ridiculousness of the situation, Clarice felt like laughing. "Thank you," she said gravely. "I’m glad I’m not a boy, too.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds

“I am a woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be this ship’s first officer, pretending to be a pirate, pretending to be innocent of murder … I begin to lose track of all the roles I am playing.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds

“He held out the bottle. Clarice’s hand was steady as she took it from him. It is poison, she thought distantly. It will kill her. She tried to be horrified at the thought, but she couldn’t manage it.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds

“Clarice concentrated on taking deep breaths. Men did not burst into tears, no matter how terrible the tragedy.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds

“It is only a fairy tale. They always end sadly.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The House of the Four Winds