The Crimson Road Quotes

“A polite person would offer their own name, first.’ ‘She’s Miss Violet.’ Freddie reaches for the jar once more. ‘I’d put these away if I were you.’ Firmly putting the lid back on, I move the cannister away from Freddie. ‘Travelling incognito is a bit pointless if you just tell my name to the first person who feeds us.’ She shrugs.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Crimson Road

“The idea of girls who chose their own fate bolsters my conviction that I’m doing the right thing – whether I want to or not. I’m doing Hedrek’s bidding in spite of myself, but there’s hope, perhaps, that after this is done, I might choose my own path.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Crimson Road

“Miss Violet?’ ‘Mmmm?’ ‘There’s been a woman and a man around the inns. They dress like quality but talk like toughs. Asked about your father ’til they heard he’d died. Then they asked about you.’ ‘What did they want to know?’ I flip two silver quarter-coins from the pocket of my suit jacket; they fly upwards and disappear even though I barely see her hands move. ‘What you’re like, your daily schedule.’ ‘What did you tell them?’ ‘That you were a sweet and timid thing who loved needlepoint and dogfights.”
― A.G. Slatter, The Crimson Road