“We need all types of knowledge. Why not expand our circle of information?” KnowledgeInformationDiversity Book:The Winter Station Source: The Winter Station
“The fig tree grows its flowers strangely inside out, concealed within the soft interior of the fruit. Erszébet imagines the fig's hidden fairy weight of seeds, grown in sweetness that is also a darkness. Like treasure in a cave.” NatureMysteryFruitSeedsConcealedFigFruit Tree Book:The Fig Eater Source: The Fig Eater
“A midwife once told Erszébet of the üszögös gyermek, the stunted child, a premature fetus born alive, a scurrying spectral thing with a rat's feet and ears.Unless the stunted child is immediately destroyed, it will return to its mother's womb. It is something monstrous, grown in secret.” MonsterFolkloreSuperstitions InfanticidePremature Babies Book:The Fig Eater Source: The Fig Eater