Brigands & Breadknives Quotes

“I think for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t looking backward … or forward, either. So maybe I was looking at whatever is between those things.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Sometimes the storm clears away the wreckage.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“In the end, that was what got her moving again. As folk had done since time immemorial, she got on with things, because otherwise … who would feed the dog?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Always remember, although the unimaginative see life as a thread stretched from one point to another, birth to death, a life truly lived is a glorious tangle. One is never lost. And if one is lucky, one is never found, either.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Remember when you said you’d never stabbed anybody before? That’s an oversight we can fix now,” said Breadlee cheerfully.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“As someone whose life had mostly been spent in the service of sharing words, Fern was enjoying keeping them to herself for a while.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“We goes when is time to be somewhere else,” said Zyll.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“This life is like a sword. It’s the tool I know how to use. I have sharpened it to a keen edge, and it accomplishes the tasks I set it to. It may cut me from time to time, but I know its value. If I put it down, what other tool is there to hand?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Fern’s deep well of profanity temporarily ran dry.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Always remember”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“It’s like I can see what I loved—still love?—about it”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“I’ve tried to make a habit of never talking about what I do until I’m out of anything else to talk about. In my experience”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“I could wish you hadn’t seen the worst of me, but I’m glad you looked past it until you saw the back of me.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“For Worshippers of an evil deity beyond mortal conception, they were very hospitable.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Kneeling before her, Astryx withdrew the bracelet that had last girdled Zyll’s wrist. Delicate wire glittered in the afternoon sun. She offered it to Fern in an open palm. “If ever you need me, or decide you’d like to walk the same road together for a while, place this on your wrist, and we will both know how to find one another.” Fern took it in one paw and studied it. “Didn’t you say that at long distances, there’s pain?” Astryx tapped the bracelet still around her own wrist and smiled. “I find that some things are worth pain. You’ll know if and when this is worth it to you.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Fern,” said Astryx, her voice quiet and firm. “I, Astryx Arboren, last of my line, beg of you your companionship, your courage, your community. In return you shall have mine, and between them may loyalty bind us.” She swallowed. “Will you accompany me on the roads ahead, treacherous or fair, as my squire and friend, for as long as it please you?”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“I’m gonna miss that little weirdo, theoretically,” mused Breadlee aloud.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“thimbleful of disdain poisons the entire well.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Hey,” said Fern, “I couldn’t help but overhear you working on your lyrics back before you clobbered me in the face, and I just thought you should know that ‘avenge’ and ‘scavenge’ don’t rhyme, you feculent sack of shitweasels.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Fern marveled at the familiarity of returning to life on the road, as though she’d been journeying with Astryx for years, instead of weeks.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“That books are a weapon against loneliness. Putting them in the right hands lets people see one another. It makes us … better to one another. I think that’s a worthy thing to do.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“It’s like walking a straight road when night falls. You know it goes on and on, even though it’s too dark to see. You don’t stray in the night, you keep moving straight, so that when the sun rises, you’ll still be on the path.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“What happens after is always unknowable. Good or ill, you’ll go mad trying to anticipate it. There was a time when I tried … But I learned to forego such things long ago. I can’t turn away.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“We’ll see what tomorrow brings, eh? These things always feel more hopeful in the light of day.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“That’s the inevitability of a very long life. People come and go, and you remain.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Put succinctly, it was all just so much fuel for a bonfire of emotional garbage.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Some words were best spoken in daylight.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“Oh my gods,” he whispered, reverently. “It’s happening. I can’t believe it! Hold me forever.” “My lady,” said Nigel, reproachfully. “Bradelys, was it?” asked the elf. “Blademistress, you can call me whatever you want.” “Breadlee,” insisted Zyll. “Except that.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“I’ve owned a bookstore for twenty-five years. I should be used to a feeling of impending disaster by now, right?” “Twenty-five years, and no disaster yet. Doesn’t seem like a real reliable feeling, does it?” Viv returned the smile. Fern blinked. “That’s an annoyingly logical observation.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives

“No age restriction for fools.”
― Travis Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives