Quotes from Iain Lawrence

his heart made of stone.

These things I'd learned when I was young: Life is short and men are cruel, and ponies are born to suffer. I decided that I would work as hard as I could at whatever job I was given, believing that I would earn my reward in the end and live forever in the ponies' place.

I understand horses better than I understand people, he said. I prefer their company most of the time, to be honest. And if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: A horse would sooner die in harness than rot in a field.

You can see the northern lights, he said. They're burning down upon us like a river of melted stars.