Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"But life, if nothing else, had taught her promises weren't always to be counted on, and what appeared at first a shining chance might end in bitter disappointment."

Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"A grieving person's like a person treading in deep water--if they've nothing to hold on to, they lose hope. They slide right under."

Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it."

Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"Let the devil bar my way, I will come back to ye."

Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"No matter what the bards may say, there’s no romance in dying for a man."

Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea