Path of the Spirit Runner Quotes

“Age whittles away at beauty, chips away at strength, and erodes sharpness of mind. Few are born with a notable endowment of any of those traits. Fewer still manage to fend off the merciless attack of time. Rotharia had battled its ravages and held her own for far longer than most.”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner

“Most of the streets in Buchanwick were paved, but none followed the straight lines most soft-foot towns insisted on toeing.
White Hawk didn’t like straight lines. He said rivers didn’t run straight, so why should streets? He said a meandering street made you wonder what waited around the next bend. And so, the streets of Buchanwick meandered.”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner

“My dear, maybe you haven’t noticed, but I’ve grown old. I speak my mind because I’m no longer expected to bite my tongue. Age is a high price to pay for the liberty, and I intend to enjoy it.”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner

“Elegance of being is effortless. It is born, not cultivated, and as impossible to disguise as it is to imitate. (Queen Glyneth)”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner

“Dara pinched the bridge of his nose, no doubt fending off a headache she’d brought on him. Madelyn-induced headaches tended to come on him regularly and had ever since that incident with the snapping turtle when she was ten, although that honestly had not been her fault.

“What have you done now?” he said.

“Stop looking at me that way,” she said. “It does not inspire confidence.”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner

“Wit is a sword. Comedy is a wolf hidden amidst the sheep. A few clever words can crumble even the hardest held prejudices.”
― L.H. Leonard, Path of the Spirit Runner