Jo Walton
Jo Walton
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, compr
"Avan was as religious as the next young dragon with his way to make in the world—which is to say that he held many traditional beliefs which he had never paused to examine, attended church because it would have seemed strange not to, rarely paid much attention when he was there, and found piety out of the pulpit thoroughly misplaced."
"All farms are much alike everywhere, and all wild places have their own beauty."
"There is one law for rich and poor alike, which prevents them equally from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges."
"Marrying her to prove I do not subscribe to an outdated convention of class would be just as foolish as refusing to marry her because I did."
"What you cant pay back you pay forward."
"“I don’t need to be a radical to think that who a dragon is counts more than birth or wealth,” Selendra said, with what dignity she could. “Why, that’s the very definition of a radical,” he retorted."
"It was only now that they realized that there is nothing that can really be a preparation for death."
