Watchtower Quotes

“He had had his heart’s desire-and lost it. He had not been careful enough.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“The breeze shifted, and Ryke smelled his scent, the unique odor that every human being carries with him from birth and is different from everyone. Ryke had breathed it, in their shared bed, many times. Errel had shaved, and the line of his jaw was smooth and polished. His skin was more gold than Sorren’s. His hair just touched his shirt. His eyes were a deeper blue than hers.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“The art I made will live. It spreads without me, now.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“The expression on Errel’s face disturbed him. He looked seduced.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“All things balance: night and day, the seasons, the patterns of the stars; all move in their circles, as do we, moving from birth to youth to age to death, whether we desire it or not. But just as the word cheari has been corrupted to mere trickster, so do human beings corrupt the chea, destroy the circle and the balance.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“The southern scholars say that dance is sacred, because dance represents the chea, the balance of the world.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“I lose wars,” said Ryke. “I can wrestle. I’m a good liar.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“They sat silently on their horses, enigmatic and unapproachable, cloaked in their difference.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“It was pleasantly ridiculous to agree to step into a fiction.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“Differences makes me curious. That’s the difference between you and me.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“They had the hard subtlety of marble.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“There was no way for Ryke to turn traitor, with Errel prancing like a puppet to Col Istor’s least whim.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“It is ill luck to doubt the word of a messenger, and those two are more dangerous than most.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“It was true the windows only looked north. East, west, and south the tower was blind.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“In his mind came a picture off one of the Cards, as he had seen them shifting through Errel’s long fingers: a cloaked and hooded figure, in green, riding under a dark blue sky on a sorrel horse. The name of the Card was the messenger.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“Oaths are binding in two directions, Ryke.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower

“You asked me what I wanted,” said Col Istor. “I want you. You know the Keep, the villagers, the weather, the needs of the country. I want your service. In exchange for your loyalty, your princeling there stays alive and fed.”
― Elizabeth A. Lynn, Watchtower