The High King of Montival Quotes

“Sure it is that They have many faces. All the shapes the Divine shows us are true; and none are all the Truth.”
― S.M. Stirling, The High King of Montival

“Clan custom and law held that it was the public declaration of intent and then living together that made a handfasting; the ceremonies simply bore witness to it and asked blessings and luck of the Powers on the new family. He knew Christians thought that the ceremony was the marriage, though.”
― S.M. Stirling, The High King of Montival

“He was of the Old Religion, like nearly all Mackenzies, and wouldn't object to a Catholic ceremony - his faith taught that all paths to the Divine were valid. Christians tended to be a little more exclusive.”
― S.M. Stirling, The High King of Montival

“He wasn’t afraid a pipe now and then would kill him. As far as he could tell, a lot of the old Americans had been quivering daisies who thought they’d live forever if only they were careful enough, as if life was worth living that way. Some of them had believed eating butter was bad for you, of all things.”
― S.M. Stirling, The High King of Montival

“I really know the implications, and you don’t. We’re not talking about a better breed of catapults or . . . or D&D hit levels.”
― S.M. Stirling, The High King of Montival