Himanshi

“You are my little Ifrit.' His voice travelled up to me right through his chest, deep and strong. 'How could I possibly say no?”
― Robert Thier, Silence is Golden

“Miika sighed, his tail drooping like a string that had lost its balloon. 'I just need some words of reassurance.'
'Well, I can reassure you that terrible things will probably happen.'
'Great.'
'Terrible things always happen.'
'Thanks.'
'But good things will also happen. Because that is what life is. You need the bad to know what good is. You need the dark to know the light.'
Miika thought of how Urga-burga cheese tasted. All the opposites mixed together, complementing each other like in life itself.
'I mean,' continued the Truth Pixie, 'think of the night sky. The stars wouldn't shine without all the darkness around them, would they?”
― Matt Haig, A Mouse Called Miika

“I would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Running from my problems had never been my style. Grabbing them by the throat and shaking them until they capitulated, that was more my way of dealing with things.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence