The Raven Song Quotes

“When the truth has been left in the dark too long, its cousins rumor and innuendo are allowed to grow into hideous shapes.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“The first witches were what you’d call acolytes,” he explained. “They were mortals who served the fair folk in their ceremonies and rituals. Paid homage with their stone carvings and tree blessings. And when this world could no longer hold all the fair folk and their magic, most left for the Otherworld, but they left behind the gift of spellcasting for those who’d served them. So they might continue as guardians to protect and preserve the secrets of the natural world.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“Rumors were like weeds, setting their roots deep and flowering quickly so they could go to seed and release their nonsense and be carried away on the wind.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“The memory circled inside her head like a bat trapped in an attic without windows.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“it did not matter the Midsummer moon above was as ripe as a woman in her ninth month.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“Aye, a pretty face could gain a man's attention easy enough, but with some women, the first flash of desire proved as temporary as a ripple on water. Without something deeper beneath the surface, the attraction evaporated in the stagnant shallows.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song

“He could not know what he didn't remember and therefore didn't have enough awareness to miss it.”
― Luanne G. Smith, The Raven Song