Mayflower Murders Quotes

“Nay. I cannot believe in a God that would chastise thee for doing aught in love.” She moved in close, bending down to view his face that he hid in shame. “And now thou must do what should have been done years ago.” He lifted his head, meeting her eyes, eager to hear what could be done to absolve himself of his crime. She moved in close, slipping her arms around him. “Thou must forgive thyself. For I am certain that God has already done so.”
― Carolyn McCray, Mayflower Murders

“This was his homeland. Odd how even a place as familiar to him as his own skin could appear so unknown and unknowable, hostile and dangerous. And somehow, even as his shadow proclaimed him taller than the trees, Tisquantum felt in his heart that he had never felt smaller.”
― Carolyn McCray, Mayflower Murders

“The sadness of loss washed upon him as the waves of the great water that washed against the shore. These men and women, so different from his own, and yet so accepting and loving in their own dry fashion.”
― Carolyn McCray, Mayflower Murders