Of Shadow and Sea Quotes

“So she had to climb the wall, kill a straw man, and return within five minutes. Shera could do it in her sleep. She had proved that, once, when she had fallen asleep in the Garden and woken up at the top of a sixth-century bell tower. Sleepwalking was a terrible curse. Meia”
― Will Wight, Of Shadow and Sea

“When I call the Navigators a Guild, I use the term loosely. Navigators are the only sailors who can cross the deadly, shifting ocean at the heart of our Empire: the Aion Sea. We therefore rely on them for communication, trade, exploration, and transport between the eastern continent of Aurelia and the western continent, Izyria. It’s too bad that they’re the most shifty and unreliable collection of pirates, confidence artists, mercenaries, and outright criminals the Empire has ever seen.”
― Will Wight, Of Shadow and Sea

“The two of them dressed poor, but not too poor. They couldn’t look like beggars, or the target would never stop. Maxwell had provided a faded dress and cheap blue ribbon for Mari and a boy’s pants, shirt, and cap for Shera. No shoes.”
― Will Wight, Of Shadow and Sea

“And then the Handmaiden of Nakothi tore off the roof.”
― Will Wight, Of Shadow and Sea