Rachel Gillig Quotes

“To tell a story is in some part to tell a lie, isn't it?”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“We are all supplicants. Whether craftsman or a king, knight or foundling or Diviner -- faith is the same.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“I want someone to see me. I want it to be you”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“How, like a god, she said she loved us but hurt us.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“But is it godly to punish your subjects for questioning you? Is it motherly to demand resolute devotion?”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“When you do the right thing for the wrong reason, no one praises you. When you do the wrong thing for the right reason, everyone does, even though what is right and wrong depends entirely on the story you're living in. And no one says they need recognition or praise or love, but we all hunger for it. We all want to be special.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“Sadness, like birch bark, had all the appearance of frailty. And yet... The tree prevailed.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“Sorrow, I realized. That was the agony behind my eyes. Sorrow, who came like a shepherdess, leading a flock of tears.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“See what you make of them. Or what they make of you.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth