Return of the Pale Feather Quotes

“You break me, wife," he said, his voice hoarse and low as he turned back to her. His eyes shimmered beneath narrowed brows. "You know what it means? It means I want you, as I want water when my lips thirst. As I want food when I have hunger. But this need, this need I have for you- it breaks me. It takes the breath from my chest. It drains the blood from my veins and the spirit from my soul. I cannot be, unless I can be here with you, like this. With our flesh touching and your heart beating here against mine. I cannot be, not without you.”
― E.B. Brown, Return of the Pale Feather

“He felt her relax as his fingers caressed her back and moved lower to her buttocks, slick, yet firm, beneath the water.
"You're not going to wash my hair, are you?" she whispered.”
― E.B. Brown, Return of the Pale Feather

“There are things I fear losing in this life now. Before you, I feared nothing.”
― E.B. Brown, Return of the Pale Feather

“It may take ye from this time. It may take ye from yer own people. But it is yer duty now, and I expect ye to honor it.”
― E.B. Brown, Return of the Pale Feather