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“I am not sure I can." "Become sure," said the cat, his eyes flashing green in the firelight. "Once you leap on a boar's back, you can't sheath your claws.”

Courage Talking Animals Going Forward No Return Certainity

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can't put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”

Inspirational Writing Inspiration Inspirational Quotes Books Writers Writing Process Writing Advice

Author: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 your death will only be one last dark thing on my long dark road. It will hurt me but I do not care. It is all but over.”

Death Evil Danger Despair Trade Bargain

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“You made tools of us. Have you never considered: the thing of a tool is that anyone may use it.”

Self Determination Hostages

Book:The Scorpion Rules

Source: The Scorpion Rules

“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.”

Reading Ya Affairs Young Adult Books

Author:Erin Bow

“Be brave. Things will find their shape.”

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“Plain Kate greased her boots and bandaged her feet, and soon she would walk like a Roamer born. She helped Drina with the water and the wood, and in the long, wet evenings she carved objarka burji. Plain Kate carved fast and learned slowly. She was bewildered most of the time, but Daj called her mira again, and when she asked Drina what it meant, the girl replied, "It means she likes you. It means your family." Family. It could have kept her walking for a hundred miles. And she did walk far.”

Hope Longing Belonging Wishing Affectionate Nicknames

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“Taggle, meanwhile, made himself popular, killing rats and bringing a rabbit into camp every evening, preening in the praise - silently, thank god, though at night, he recounted choice bits to Kate: "Rye Baro says I am a princeling; he split the leg bone for me so that I could eat the marrow. They love me. And I'm sure they'll keep you, too." Mira, she thought, and treasured it each time she heard it, They must keep me. Family.”

Hope Longing Belonging Boasting Talking Animals Affectionate Nicknames

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“I'm not a cruel man. I mean, technically I'm not a man at all.”

Humor Cruelty Robot Android

Book:The Scorpion Rules

Source: The Scorpion Rules

“The night was white-blind with fog, and Kate staggered over every stone and stumbled in every puddle, but she pushed on as fast as she could.”

Night Determination Fog Fatigue Mist Message Hurrying

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

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

Journey Danger Hiding Message Hurrying

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“She was dry. She was lying on something soft. She was wrapped in quilts. There was a star of light drifting above her, and a smell like a herb garden. Taggle was a long warmth stretched out at one side, his chin in her hand, his tail curled over her neck. She thought they might be in heaven. Taggle farted. Plain Kate coughed and sneezed. And then she really was awake.”

Comfort Comfortable Sleepy Flatulence Rude Awakening

Author:Erin Bow

“Why would I come back to you?”

Book:The Scorpion Rules

Source: The Scorpion Rules

“Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!”

Humor Funny Young Adult Middle Grade Rabies

Book:Simon Sort of Says

Source: Simon Sort of Says

“- the rusalka was kneeling beside Plain Kate on the deck. She was made of fog and shadow until Kate caught her eye, and then, all at once, she became human. She was young, mischievously sad, a fox in a story. Kate fell in love with her. And then she was gone.”

Ghost Monster Water Spirit Apparition

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“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. The thing screamed like a hawk and opened to wings: one white as a death cap, one clotted in shadow. The wings came together and the whole pond shuddered. Something hit Kate's ear and shoulder and smashed to the deck by her feet. It was a swallow, dead. She could hear them falling all over the pond.”

Death Danger Ghost Monster Water Spirit

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“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 frightened.”

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“No, blowing up cities doesn't work, not in the long term. You've got to find something that the people in charge aren't willing to give up. A price they aren't willing to pay. Which leads us to Talis's first rule for stopping wars: make it personal.”

War Peace Rules

Book:The Scorpion Rules

Source: The Scorpion Rules

“Taggle looked up at her, his amber eyes as deep as the loneliness Kate had felt before he became her friend. "The traditional thing," he said slowly, "involves the river and a sack.”

Love Death Friendship Sacrifice Talking Animals

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate

“Kate faced the crowd. They were just eyes and teeth to her, just spit and voices. It was a moment, even, before they became people: a man with one blind eye, another whose neck was thick with lumps and weeping wounds of scrofula. The poorest of the market. At Kate's feet, Drina. Her scarf and shirt were torn open.”

Friendship Violence Loyalty Courageous Persecution Marketplace Attack Mob Witch Hunt Standing Your Ground

Book:Plain Kate

Source: Plain Kate