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Quotes About Torc

Mary was under water. She'd been under water for a long time. Rhiannon was there. No, it was just her severed head talking. The murdered girl's hair billowed out from under the torc.
~ Susan Rowland
The Torc— and the crone— go to the underworld via the sacred well and the river.
~ Susan Rowland
Breguswith, distaff tucked under her left arm, rolling her fine-yarn spindle down her thigh with her right, stared absently at the fire, though Hild knew even as her mother's fingers were busy, busy teasing out the yarn, testing its tension, her attention was focused on Ceredig king, who laughed and leaned from his stool and let firelight wink on the thick torc around his neck.
~ Nicola Griffith