The Sand Sea Quotes

“I endeavor to be a man of learning, but above all, I prefer to be a man of action, for men of action change the world.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“Hannah’s hair had loosened during the firefight, thick and golden, like an avenging angel’s.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“there was a fire in her smile, the kind that lies at the intersection of mischief and wisdom.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“Though built like a stork, Nemakar had shown, over the long years, to have the heart of a lion.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“Ottovan stared into the cloudiness of the window as if trying to see the wind. He was not a man who cried.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“Selena pointed silently above her, her eyes wide as saucers. The snake’s head moved below its body, seeming to stare at Selena. It was no more than ten feet above them. If the snake dropped, it would be upon them. “Come, Lady Savanar,” said Oapah, pulling forcefully on her arm. She felt as powerless as a child’s doll in his grip. “In the Semissari, we are in the place of the serpents; some are snakes, and some are Oath Holders. All are our allies. Walk without fear.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“remember that I too have disliked the things that made me stronger when they were actually happening. But I have found them to be nearly always worth the struggle.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“remember that you are more precious to me than anything Stanwich may find upon the Sand Sea. Money can be remade. It is replaceable. You are not.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“The buildings spread out in a vast, deep arc as the sun rose, the city clearer than she had ever seen it before, lining the waters of Deep Bay Harbor and stretching back as far as Hannah could see into the hinterlands.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“As he inhaled Madame Nadia’s scent, Hannah Huntington’s face receded from his mind like a spent wave upon the sand.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“The wine brought her from the back of his mind to the forefront.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“You are as beautiful as Sherman proclaimed, and you honor us as our guest on Three Gods Day,” said Mrs. Sterling, smiling her horse smile. Her eyes were set too close together, giving her the appearance of concentrating on some object just beyond her nose.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“Hannah looked at Sterling and the landscape behind him. She had a far off look in her eyes and seemed to like Sterling’s words the way a kitten likes a patch of sunshine on the carpet beneath a window.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“It would be their favorite kind of story—the kind that confirmed what they already believed.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea

“She squeezed the trigger. The shot echoed off the mountain, sending half a dozen crows airborne from a tangle of red-barked manzanitas. The rattler’s head vanished, and a splash of crimson struck the dirt on the trail.”
― Michael McClellan, The Sand Sea