Quotes from book
Tooth and Claw

Name: Tooth and Claw
Author: Jo Walton

Tooth and Claw is a fantasy novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published by Tor Books on November 1, 2003. It won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2004.

“Marrying her to prove I do not subscribe to an outdated convention of class would be just as foolish as refusing to marry her because I did.”

Jo Walton book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 9, section 33 (p. 142)

“All farms are much alike everywhere, and all wild places have their own beauty.”

Jo Walton book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 7, section 27 (p. 118)

““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.”

Jo Walton book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 15, section 56 (p. 260)

“It was only now that they realized that there is nothing that can really be a preparation for death.”

Jo Walton book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 2, section 7 (p. 29)

“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.”

Jo Walton book Tooth and Claw

Source: Tooth and Claw (2003), Chapter 2, section 7 (p. 28)

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