Eva Stachniak > Quotes

“Where does destiny end and choice begin?”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“Life is a game and every player is cheating.”
― Eva Stachniak

“Don't stare into mirrors. It's easy to get lost in there.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“I was a tongue, a gazette. The bearer of "the truth of the whispers."
I knew of hollowed books, trunks with false bottoms, and the meanders of secret corridors. I knew how to open hidden drawers in your escritoire, how to unseal your letter and make you think no one had touched it. If I had been in your room, I left the hair around your lock the way you had tied it. If you trusted the silence of the night, I had overheard your secrets.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“If a tree is bent, every goat will jump on it.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“You do not reason with a flood. You look for anything useful that might float your way. On”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“If you act long enough, acting becomes part of you.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“But victory is not everything. It’s just as crucial to consider what has been won.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“Talent breeds resentment; brilliance attracts envy. Lesser souls seek comfort in bringing down those who are admitted into the company of gods. Envy rules the human heart. Only the strong can hope to survive.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Chosen Maiden

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― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“– Um museu é um templo do conhecimento – dizia-me o meu pai –, um candeeiro aceso que envia os seus raios de luz para a escuridão, a prova da infinita variedade da vida.”
― Eva Stachniak, O Palácio de Inverno

“The cruelty of death is that it leaves no chance to undo what has been done.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Chosen Maiden

“Não se discute com o rio, quando há uma cheia. Procura-se encontrar algo útil que flutue na nossa direção.”
― Eva Stachniak, O Palácio de Inverno

“I have to keep busy,” she says, dismissing my concern. She wants to be so tired in the evening that she will fall asleep without thinking. “Not to give vultures a chance,” she says, meaning the circling thoughts, their sharp beaks.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Chosen Maiden

“If you don't love, you cannot be betrayed.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace