Taggle, meanwhile, made himself popular, killing rats and…

“It's true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus.”

— Erin Bow

“Behjet eased the horse forward again. "The harvest is failing. There will be no crop at all if this rain doesn't stop - not…

— Erin Bow

“Plain Kate greased her boots and bandaged her feet, and soon she would walk like a Roamer born. She helped Drina with the water…

— Erin Bow

“And suddenly, in the place of the woman-shape made of shadow, there was something else. Something huge, something ugly. Linay flung up both hands.…

— Erin Bow

“Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was…

— Erin Bow

“Witch, fish, flinch, kiss – won't you let me grant your wish?”

— Erin Bow

“Often she dreamt she had two wings, and one was frightened, and one was happy.”

— Erin Bow

“Taggle was absorbed in the meat pie. ‘It’s covered in BREAD,’ he huffed. ‘What fool has covered MEAT with BREAD?”

— Erin Bow

“ Foggy little oxbows Forest pools where no one goes Lost links of the river dreaming dreams ”

— Erin Bow

“ Plain Kate, Kate the Carver No one's friend and no one's daughter Little Kate might meet her fate Whittling sticks till it's too late ”

— Erin Bow

“Hope will break the heart better than any sorrow.”

— Erin Bow

“There were snow geese there—hundreds of them, white and crisp against the dark and shining water, and more coming in, sounding like trumpets as…

— Erin Bow

“The world needs its monsters.”

— Erin Bow

“At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.”

— Erin Bow

“Your shadow is bought and paid for, and your death will not remit that payment. You can go shadowless into the shadowless world, and…

— Erin Bow