Serafina

“I never thought you could think things like that. I thought things just were.”
― Philip Pullman, La Belle Sauvage

“we can only defend democracy by being undemocratic.”
― Philip Pullman, La Belle Sauvage

“You must be feeling confident in the Emperor’s absence. He’s not the only one who remembers you as nothing more than a serving-wench down in the Old Quarter.”
― 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