47 Quotes by Lina J. Potter

You can’t keep her down, and you won’t get away with it.

Why couldn’t his stupid wife sit at home and work on her embroidery? What was all this nonsense about slave traders and thievery?

There were just four things a woman could be (five at most): daughter, wife, mother, widow, and slut. That was it. There were no other roles for them—no free and independent women, no feminism, no selfsufficiency. If you didn’t like it, you could be branded a witch and executed.

These people don’t even realize how tied down they are by thinking of themselves as either lords or peasants.

Eventually the old herbalist realized that Jaimie had knowledge to share, as well. Two intelligent people can always find common ground.

Yes, Lilian Earton was a large woman. She was fat. There was no other word for it. But at the same time, there was something indefinable about her. Was it an inner light? A sparkle in her eyes? The way she spoke and moved and made things move around her? The man couldn’t have said exactly. He didn’t know the word “charisma,” but that was exactly what she had. She had personality that no layers of fat could hide. She was impressive.

Two intelligent people can always find common ground.

Do your duty and let the cards fall where they may.

When the inner light of the soul shone through like that, the shape of nose or ears became unimportant. She was shining, and it looked almost like a miracle.