All the Horses of Iceland Quotes

“That was the way it was with languages, Eyvind had observed once he left home and realized how many there were: some he could see into and some he could not. Listening to them was like looking down into a stream. Sometimes the water was muddy and sometimes clear.”
― Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland

“While Eyvind never became a literate man, he saw as he went on that books contained words that could transform men into priests and kings and healers.”
― Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland

“What does a ghost have to do with religion?” asked Eyvind. “Death is the other half of life. It happens to everyone. It makes no matter what gods they believe in.”
― Sarah Tolmie, All the Horses of Iceland