The Gunrunner and Her Hound Quotes

“You carry the traumas of your past within you, even as you outgrow them; your bark hardens and your trunk expands, but the rings of the bitter winter stay in your wood, twisting what grows next, until every spring feels ephemeral and only the cold is real.”
― Maria Ying, The Gunrunner and Her Hound

“She has worked for Elizaveta Hua and then for me, and that means her hands have not been clean for decades. But the core of her, it’s a thing of starry warmth. She gives and gives, and still I take more.”
― Maria Ying, The Gunrunner and Her Hound