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The Devil and the Dark Water
Stuart Turton
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Cleverness is a type of strength, and they won't accept a woman who's stronger than they are. Their pride won't allow it, and their pride is the thing they hold dearest.”
“Some songs weren’t mere songs. They were memories curled tight and set alight. They made you heartsick.”
“Power should be a burden, not a shield. It should be used to everybody’s betterment, not merely for the person who wielded it.”
“Questions are swords and answers are shields,” persisted Sammy, still staring at Sara. “I’m begging you, armor yourself.”
“So this is how men go to the devil, he thought bitterly. Cap in hand and short of hope, all their prayers gone unanswered.”
“It's the curse of powerful men to heed only their own voices.”
“Her husband's damnable horse snorted, kicking the ground angrily as she approached. She'd never got along with this beast. Unlike her, it enjoyed being underneath him.”
“Fear was too brittle a material to make good decisions from.”
“The downtrodden yearned for stories to explain their misfortunes, though what they really wanted was somebody to blame for their misery.”
“That mark on the sail is how it starts. It's meant to scare us, because scared people will do anything to stop being scared and they'll do it to almost anybody else.”
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Book Keywords:
feminism, humour, wife