# Quote — Jo Walton, Tooth and Claw

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

- Author: [Jo Walton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton.md)
- Book: [Tooth and Claw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton/tooth-and-claw.md)
- Page: 29
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jo_Walton#Tooth_and_Claw_(2003)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton/tooth-and-claw/it-was-only

## More from this book

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

p. 118 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton/tooth-and-claw/all-farms-are.md)

> “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.

p. 260 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton/tooth-and-claw/i-dont-need.md)

> 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.

p. 28 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jo-walton/tooth-and-claw/avan-was-as-religious.md)