The Sacred Well Murders Quotes

“Mary was under water. She’d been under water for a long time. Rhiannon was there. No, it was just her severed head talking. The murdered girl’s hair billowed out from under the torc.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Anna did say the wife of Lir had left her?” whispered Mary.
“Yes,” said Caroline. “She said, ‘for now.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Janet showed her teeth. “Time to get real, Sarah. No more human sacrifices, got it?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“So, Mr. Jeffreys,” she inquired of the human bluebottle, “you went to the gym?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Don’t we know any. . .er. . .cheap lawyers?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Trust the body of your enemy. The body does not lie. Most people,” she’d looked directly at Mary, “most people do not know how to make the body lie.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Sure didn’t expect to see that kind of assault, here in Oxford,” said another. “Seems like such a quiet town.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“What about that old coot?” Janet looked suspicious. Mr. Jeffreys was from the world of officialdom she despised.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“There was no city, no London, just beacon fires on all three sacred mounds.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Wife of Lir eat horse.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“No sleeping in the places of death.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“Take it away,” she pointed at the green milk in a normal tone. “Anna and wife of Lir. Both must stay.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“This must be what dying is like. She tried wiggling a bony finger to attract Rhiannon. She wanted to ask her: is this what it was like?”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“[B]ehind the mother fighting for her son’s life was the priestess of the forest and the cup.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“I EAT THE DARK”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“She was oozing backwards into the tree. Her bones were going to mate with the grain of the wood. I am becoming part of the forest.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders

“The Torc— and the crone— go to the underworld via the sacred well and the river.”
― Susan Rowland, The Sacred Well Murders