geese Quotes

“Jok made the sounds indicating he was ready to sleep, so she took off her hat and unwound her hair, scratched her head, and sighed. The weight of her hair on her back reminded her that she was not who she was. That she was a secret.”

“Poor gosling. It hurts to be lost. And worse to be home with no kind of homecoming. You’re my good-luck bird, Jok. I’ll be lucky if I can do as well as you when this is all done, just a bit out of breath, a bit bruised and scratched, a bit wiser and sadder for it all.”

“Borka had a beak, wings, and webbed feet like all her brothers and sisters, but she did not have any feathers.”

“A goose on board! She’ll have to work her passage if she is coming with us to London.”

“You’ll never live to wed his niece. You’ll only die to feed his geese.”