Spindle and Dagger Quotes

“This is how the lads can do it. This is how they march burning and pay no heed to cries for mercy and pity. They are no longer flesh and blood. They are weapons, and weapons are made of iron and steel.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“If I make myself the saint, she will strike me down.
If I don't, someone in this clearing will.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“I think of the dagger. For many long moments.
I slip out of bed and dress, then sling my kitful of plunder over one shoulder. I leave my spindle, though. I've spun enough flasehoods to last all my life.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“Once I asked Saint Elen for my life and she gave it to me, but when someone gives you something, it does not really become yours. The giver still decides when and why and how. And a gift can always be taken back.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger

“No one notices women in the shadows. No one believes they will bring down the dagger.”
― J. Anderson Coats, Spindle and Dagger