“All my life, she said, I have been told ‘go’ and come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god. I would walk into the jaws of hell itself, if it were a path of my own choosing. I would rather die tomorrow in the forest than live a hundred years of the life appointed me.” InspirationalMotivationalLife LessonsFreedomThe Bear And The NightingaleKatherine Arden Book:The Bear and the Nightingale Source: The Bear and the Nightingale
“If I wanted to imprison someone until the end of days, would it not be best to use a prison that he has no desire to escape?” MagicPrisonFolkloreRussianVasilisaMorozkoVasyaKatherine ArdenThe Winter Of The WitchWinternight Book:The Winter of the Witch Source: The Winter of the Witch
“You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing.” ReadingCharactersSmall SpacesCharacters In BooksKatherine Arden Book:Small Spaces Source: Small Spaces
“What immortal ever knew what it was like to number his days? Yet I can feel the hours passing when she is near” TimeImmortalThe Bear And The NightingaleKatherine Arden Author:Katherine Arden