The Boxer and the Blacksmith Quotes

“Damn it, she scared small girls and old women. The day was shaping up right.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“Os should like her for what she was. And if she was lean and in fighting condition, he should love her for her sinew. If she was in between, with a bit more cushion, he should love that when he got it, too. If she’d gotten her teeth knocked out, well, then, he should love her with no teeth. A person can’t love an ugly woman and then get picky about it.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“She was exhaustion, she was technique, she was the cold survivor of a lifetime ruled by violence.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“There was something about eating under the covers, the copper wire cat Os had made resting between them, that made a person feel safe. And they needed to feel safe more than they needed to worry about crumbs in the sheets.”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith

“First off, yer husband has asked me to pound on him, as we’ve done weekly since we were snot-nosed kerchief thieves.” Bess put her hands on her hips to match Lydia. Bess”
― Edie Cay, The Boxer and the Blacksmith