Urchin and the Raven War Quotes

“He laid his heart before the Heart. What else could he do?”
― M.I. McAllister, Urchin and the Raven War

“Juniper remained quiet and thoughtful for a while. Then he said, “We will win, King Crispin, because it’s impossible.” Crispin rubbed his face with his paws. “I’m too tired for riddles, Juniper,” he said. “It’s not a riddle,” said Juniper. “It’s obvious. We are being called to fight beyond all that our strength and numbers can do. It’s not only their strength and their numbers that we’re up against. It’s that powerful, poisonous evil that drives them from inside. It’s beyond us. But it’s not beyond the Heart. Nothing is—so we call upon the Heart to fight our battle for us, and the Heart will.”
― M.I. McAllister, Urchin and the Raven War

“Nobody is here to do your thinking for you.”
― Margaret McAllister, Urchin and the Raven War

“carrion.”
― M.I. McAllister, Urchin and the Raven War

“CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE IN THE UNDERGROWTH of the Tangletwigs, Urchin lay flat under a sprawling hawthorn and passed arrows to Cedar. He had tried to fire a bow, fighting the pain in his injured wrist, but there wasn’t the strength in that arm now. All he”
― M.I. McAllister, Urchin and the Raven War