Katia Sama

“Rain darkened with the approaching night, while the wind howled as if it was in pain.
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― Susan Rowland, The Swan Lake Murders

“And professionalism is remembering that if you speak at all, you will speak the truth.”
― Mark C. Zauderer, Counsel, the Courtroom Is Open: Lessons from More Than a Half-Century in Law and Life

“Remember the circle of life. All that you lose you will one day find, and that which has been taken from you will be restored.”
― Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Forests of Avalon: Avalon Book 2

“The old man spoke of nothing but shoes. He spoke of them with such love and emotion that a woman in our group had crowned him “the shoe poet.” The woman disappeared a day later but the nickname survived. “The shoes always tell the story,” said the shoe poet. “Not always,” I countered. “Yes, always. Your boots, they are expensive, well made. That tells me that you come from a wealthy family. But the style is one made for an older woman. That tells me they probably belonged to your mother. A mother sacrificed her boots for her daughter. That tells me you are loved, my dear. And your mother is not here, so that tells me that you are sad, my dear. The shoes tell the story.” I paused in the center of the frozen road and watched the stubby old cobbler shuffle ahead of me. The shoe poet was right. Mother had sacrificed for me.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea