Serafina

“Alexander was given a reward, and he went on to become a great hunter of atheists and pagans. And after his death many years later, he was made a saint.”
― Philip Pullman, La Belle Sauvage

“Never be too easy with the knowledge you possess. Words are like coin—it pays to hoard.” “Until you die on a bed of gold,”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“Mark this truth. I am the last to speak to you. You are the last to hear me. Thus are we linked, you and I, beyond all else.” Rigga’s fingers snagged tighter in the girl’s hair. “Across the sea the Empress has driven her knife into virgin soil. The blood now comes in a tide and it’ll sweep you under, child, if you’re not careful. They’ll put a sword in your hand, they’ll give you a fine horse, and they’ll send you across that sea. But a shadow will embrace your soul. Now, listen! Bury this deep! Rigga will preserve you because we are linked, you and I. But it is all I can do, understand? Look to the Lord spawned in Darkness; his is the hand that shall free you, though he’ll know it not—”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon

“The best life is the one the gods don’t notice. You want to live free, boy, live quietly.”
― Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon