Nicholas Kotar > Quotes

“have so much that your hearts have become small. You can live very well with very little.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“His point about the folklore of a country springing up from the deep history of a nation–this is something very important for all of us Americans to think about, especially since so many of our cultural elites seem to be more interested in putting down or even destroying our common culture (such as it is) rather than returning to it as a well of inspiration. Something to think about.”
― Nicholas Kotar, How to Survive a Russian Fairy Tale: Or... how to avoid getting eaten, chopped into little pieces, or turned into a goat

“A human being can only become truly human if he lives for others. That way, the way of love, is by necessity the way of pain. Shared pain. Co-suffering.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“You have so much that your hearts have become small. You can live very well with very little. Sometimes, it is better this way.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“In the old times things were made with beauty in mind, not merely usefulness. How unlike these times.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“evil is more than a state of mind. There are dark powers out there willing to use people against their will. Sometimes, all it takes is one compromise.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin

“Voran could find no words for a long time, content only to look into the abyss of her eyes. It was never easy for him to look into another person’s eyes. It was dangerously intimate, and he was squeamish about that kind of intimacy. Looking into her eyes was like staring from a peak at a river at the bottom of a valley, jumping down without closing his eyes, and then plunging into the river, only to find it had no bottom. There was no single word for it.”
― Nicholas Kotar, The Song of the Sirin