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Donna Thorland QUOTES

1 " She promised you'd get to shore in one piece.' Cheap said, 'and I won't make a liar out of her. But if you know what's good for you, you'll forget about that girl. Ask anyone on the coast. Or the Lord God himself. They'll tell you. Lucas Cheap sailed with the Brethren. He makes good ever on his threats. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

2 " Sparhawk had fallen into a nest of pirates. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

3 " If you have found a woman who can stir both body and spirit, sir, do not give her up lightly. Do not. The alternatives can be damnably complicated. [Joseph Warren] "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

4 " Please do not mistake me for a twopenny villain. I do nothing without a purpose. "

― Donna Thorland , The Turncoat (Renegades of the Revolution)

5 " She's only a girl. What kind of men are you?'

'Dead ones?' asked Drith, who yanked the door open and put her sword through Narses' throat. "

― Donna Thorland , Drith

6 " ...she forced herself to relax her shoulders and affect a tone of bored insouciance that the Widow would have approved, and said, "I shall need a map. And a pistol. "

― Donna Thorland , The Turncoat (Renegades of the Revolution)

7 " I advise you against following my example. Don’t take up with a man who will die for you. Find one who will kill for you instead. "

― Donna Thorland , The Turncoat (Renegades of the Revolution)

8 " Of course not, you silly bitch. You’ve been poisoned. "

― Donna Thorland , The Turncoat (Renegades of the Revolution)

9 " Long experience had taught Severin that the truth was irrelevant to most people. They believed the version of events that most closely matched their prejudices and preferences, and blithely ignored any inconvenient evidence to the contrary. "

― Donna Thorland , Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)

10 " She had desired the opportunities and freedoms so often denied her sex. If she was to seize them, she must also accept the risks. "

― Donna Thorland , Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)

11 " You are willing to risk your career and very probably your life for a woman you knew only three days. What kind of woman is worth that?

The only kind worth having, Major. "

― Donna Thorland

12 " Sparhawk’s reputation must have preceded him. The Massachusetts coast, as he was often reminded, was shaped like an ear. It heard everything. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

13 " a flower that will always grow toward the sun.” “And what does that make me?” she asked sourly. “Heart of oak, my girl,” he said, redeeming himself entirely. “Heart of oak. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

14 " Women are shockingly unforgiving of one another, but Mercy will come around. She is not passionate herself, you see, so she does not understand how I can love her but still consort with the governess. If you have found a woman who can stir both spirit and body, sir, do not give her up lightly. Do not. The alternatives can be damnably complicated. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

15 " Yes,” he said. “It is one of the consolations of urban life. A beguiling contradiction: that a narrow wooden box can open on a myriad of wide vistas, tonight Arcadia, tomorrow Rome.”

Thorland, Donna (2015-03-03). Mistress Firebrand: Renegades of the American Revolution (p. 34). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. "

― Donna Thorland , Mistress Firebrand (Renegades of the American Revolution)

16 " I don’t care who the devil he is. He can go hang. She’s a pickle pocket. A pock picket. Pox on it, you know what I mean.” “Pickpockets "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

17 " Climb down, sir!” Gerrit shouted.

The driver shook his head. He had a pistol beside him on the bench. Gerrit suspected it was loaded.

“The patroon will evict me if I give up his coach.” Gerrit had almost forgotten. This was Harenwyck, and on the estate, the tenants tithed to the patroon.

“Then join us and become a free man with no lease, no rent, no tithe.”

The coachman snorted. “It’s all fine and good for you to play these games with your brother, my lord, but I have a family to feed. And a brother and a cousin who have their own leaseholds to protect. Apart from Van Harens, there are no ‘free men’ at Harenwyck.” He cast a jaundiced eye over the bandits emerging from the woods to surround the carriage. “Not honest ones, anyway.”

Thorland, Donna (2016-03-01). The Dutch Girl: Renegades of the American Revolution (p. 61). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. "

― Donna Thorland , The Dutch Girl (Renegades of the American Revolution)

18 " What was he like? Red Abed?” She was remarkable. Loyal and brave and beautiful as a ship under sail. We ran through moonlit gardens and defied an angry mob. “I spent an afternoon with him,” Sparhawk said. “He was old and frail, but he had forgotten more about the sea than I shall ever know.” And I will mourn his daughter all my days. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

19 " He was a canny old rascal. “I’m no pirate,” James said. “I have been in the navy since I was eleven.” “The way my daughter tells it, you hailed our late and not particularly lamented skipper, and threatened him with a broadside. When Molineaux did not heave to, you dismasted the Sally and boarded her. And it was the Wasp that sailed away with the gold. If you don’t think that’s piracy, my boy, I suggest you make a closer study of the word. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)

20 " Sailors tended to collect things on their travels. His bosun kept a small box stuffed with plant seeds from foreign ports, a whole future garden in potentia; his carpenter kept a bag of heathen votives and shrunken heads. Curiosities, both natural and artificial, were difficult for wandering seamen to resist. One of the hands on Sparhawk’s first snow had found a giant clamshell on Fiji and brought it aboard. When his shipmates quizzed him on what he planned to do with it, he said he hadn’t the slightest idea—but he knew that he should regret leaving it behind. "

― Donna Thorland , The Rebel Pirate (Renegades of the Revolution)