The Sheep Queen Quotes

“No serpent's tooth, they say, has the sharpness of an ungrateful child, but no serpent's tooth has the sharpness of many an unappreciated mother.”
― Thomas Savage, The Sheep Queen

“in the snow on this or that side of the tunnel”
― Thomas Savage, The Sheep Queen

“My wife and I intended to be cremated, which is neater, and to have our ashes thrown off the rocks into the sea, although I understand that is now illegal, too many people doing it, people getting upset about it, afraid of having ashes cling to them. But it could be done where we lived because the place was isolated except in the summertime. In the summertime it could be done very quickly in the dark. I have read somewhere of a man who had his ashes put in under the bricks of the hearth and that seemed reasonable, but is it reasonable to wish to remind your son of you whenever he pokes up the fire? No. He will have his own problems. So my wife and I have decided to be pollutants.”
― Thomas Savage, The Sheep Queen