Juliet Marillier

"For the others, it was still just a tale, like all the tales we told, night by night, tales comical and strange, tales heroic and awe-inspiring, the tales that formed the fabric of our spirits."

"There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different."

"I wonder how it takes you, that moment when everything turns to shadows. - Somerled."

"I like your anger,' the Hag said mildly. 'I like your resistance. It makes you less than courteous, but altogether more interesting."