Obsidian Quotes

“Except for the sign on the front lawn, there wasn't much difference between this house and his. World War II bungalows with clapboard siding. Two bedrooms, one bath. A small lawn that ran out to the street. A peaked roof with dark asphalt shingles.

Both ordinary, in all ways. One vacant. One empty.”
― Thomas King, Obsidian: A DreadfulWater Mystery

“If he were to come away with anything from this schedule, it would be that his life revolved around food and little else. It didn't feel like a meaningless existence, but perhaps that's what happened when you lived alone long enough. When you no longer noticed the silence. Or felt the cold.”
― Thomas King, Obsidian: A DreadfulWater Mystery

“If you see Roxanne," said Thumps, "you might tell her to mind her own business."

Chintak paled. "We are friends, are we not?"

"We are."

"Friends should not suggest such dangerous enterprises."

"Roxanne is all bark."

"Ah," said Chintak, "then the stories of gratuitous violence are not true?”
― Thomas King, Obsidian: A DreadfulWater Mystery