“After a day of watching the two-legs interact from within their midst, she was certain that they could talk as well as any wolf.… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
“You cannot escape that you are a woman,” she began. “I wish I could,” Firekeeper muttered, but Elise continued as if she hadn’t heard. “Since you cannot, you cannot escape the expectations that our society and our class places upon women.” “Why?” Firekeeper said querulously. “...Consider,” she offered, “what you told me about learning to see at night so that… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share
“Wolves regularly attacked their rivals in power, so the idea of killing to gain position was neither alien nor repulsive to her. The use of assassins she had filed as yet another of the curious tools - like swords and bows — that humans created to make up for their lack of personal armament. What she still had to puzzle… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share
“Something else changed when querinalo changed. Our immortality began to become—it is difficult to explain. None of us began to age, nor did we lose our vitality. Rather it was as if what was resilient within us began to stiffen. Traits of character became not merely habits, but defining elements. I suppose for me that it was fortunate — or… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share
“MORNING FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST,” I OBSERVE, and the nurse smiles politely and continues brushing my hair.” — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
“Are you prepared then, to shoot a human being?" he asked, trying not to let Jenny sense his own internal unease. "It's not the… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
For his part, Blind Seer had no difficulty accepting idleness. A wolf proverb stated: “Hunt when hungry, sleep when not, for hunger always returns. — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
“For all they have the means of faster travel, faster communication, faster just about everything, they seem to have less time.” — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
I thought," Shad said slowly, "that she was offended if you referred to Blind Seer or Elation as her pets.""True," Derian assured him. "Absolutely… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
“What if the only non-humans the two-legs know," she mused, "are the Cousin-kind? How stupid they would believe all others who walk the earth… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
