“ Perhaps it is weariness that causes seers not to act on what they see; for whereas the wisdom of the world can be vast, it includes the many futilities. Ideas do not have legs with which to run and ha… Kate Horsley
“ I do not understand a man who does not want to know all that he can know. Why would anyone choose ignorance? If he chooses ignorance because he is lay, then he is a fool, for the ignorant are put to h… Kate Horsley
“ The greatest trick of kings is to fool the poor into thinking we have common cause with the rich simply because we live on the same bog. Then the poor get their heads split open in the battles they fi… Kate Horsley
“ Beauty and perfection do not guarantee grace and fulfillment and are always sacrificed. Life itself seems a ritual of sacrifice, and the world the alter on which plants and animals lay down their own… Kate Horsley
“ Among all the wisdom and facts I learned from Giannon, I also learned the loneliness of incarnation, in which there is inevitably a separation of souls because of the uniqueness of our faces and our e… Kate Horsley
“ It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power. Kate Horsley
“ It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas. Kate Horsley
“ Teaching is a sacred art. This is why the noblest druid is not the one who conjures fires and smoke but the one who brings the news and passes on the histories. The teacher, the bard, the singer of ta… Kate Horsley
“ I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me. Kate Horsley
“ It has puzzled me that men, who claim more and more authority over women, show such fear of those whom they call weak. Perhaps they are hoping that women will come to believe that they need to be prot… Kate Horsley
“ I wish that I could thoroughly believe in some creed. I wish that I was ignorant enough to know one truth and discard all others. Kate Horsley
“ But I knew that I would have to live forever with what I did on that night of dying, and that if I chose to be a coward, I would have to repeat such cowardice over and over again in order to justify t… Kate Horsley
“ I learned regret in the ruins of Tarbfhlaith. I regretted that ambition had ruled my heart instead of affection for my kin. And with the lesson of regret came the gratitude for having life still to mo… Kate Horsley
“ At any other time, I actually wouldn't have minded going on a date with him. After all, he was hot, he was French, and he was a complete emotional train wreck - in other words, my type. Kate Horsley
“ I looked at some old photos Mom took of me and Dad for some photography project or other and tried to see if he listened to me back then, if we were close. But how can you tell? Just because people sm… Kate Horsley
“ The Midwife talked to herself now, rather than God, as she walked the road past the Big Bog, wondering if a child born female could truly live her whole life as a male. And if this were possible and o… Kate Horsley
“ Though they are fine to see, horses frighten me because they are large and weak minded, which is a dangerous combination in horses, men, and gods. Kate Horsley
