The Whale Road Quotes

“By Odin's Hairy Arse!”
― Robert Low, The Whale Road

“We were still on the whale road, in the wind that keened and thrummed the ropes.”
― Robert Low, The Whale Road

“Strange how we had longed for the feel and smell of land when afloat and now longed for the touch of ship and spray now that we were ashore. No”
― Robert Low, The Whale Road

“Truly, when the gods set their faces against you, you are fucked.”
― Robert Low, The Whale Road

“Most men think in a straight line,’ he said, barely audible over the town’s noise and the wind. ‘They see only their own actions, like a single thread in the Norns’ loom, knotted only when they thrust their life on others. They see through one set of eyes, hear through one set of ears, all their life.’ He stared at me. ‘To look at things through someone else’s eyes is a rare thing, which cannot be learned. To those with the gift, it is not hard, nor complicated. But, to survive and be more than any others, it is essential. You have that gift, I am thinking.’ I”
― Robert Low, The Whale Road