Erin Bow

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

— 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…

— Erin Bow

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

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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, meanwhile, made himself popular, killing rats and bringing a rabbit into camp every evening, preening in the praise - silently, thank…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Erin Bow

“Kate faced the crowd. They were just eyes and teeth to her, just spit and voices. It was a moment, even, before…

— Erin Bow

“Perhaps it was time to stop choosing small places.”

— Erin Bow

“ Oh bats, oh bats, oh snacks with wings– Come and hear how Taggle sings! Oh squirm, oh squeak, my wriggly bats–…

— Erin Bow

“They hurried when they could, and dozed when they had to, hiding in tangles of bloodtwig and heartsease at the edge of…

— Erin Bow

“ Go fast, Plain Kate, and travel light Learn to walk the shadowy night Without a shadow, flee from light Become a…

— Erin Bow

“No one likes them, because their ways are different,' Drina explained. 'Just like the Roamers - no one likes us either. So…

— Erin Bow

“Her father sat her down and spoke to her with great seriousness. "You are not a witch, Katerina. There is magic in…

— Erin Bow

“She was dry. She was lying on something soft. She was wrapped in quilts. There was a star of light drifting above…

— Erin Bow

“I am not sure I can." "Become sure," said the cat, his eyes flashing green in the firelight. "Once you leap on…

— Erin Bow