Ruth

“there are things you can't foresee, like the fog
a familiar song slips its tongue under the door of the dairy
it's him, Kuka the Hook, the village idiot”
― Rene Karabash, She Who Remains

“Wyrd oft nereþ … eorl þonne his ellen deah
- Fate often spares a hero when his courage is strong”
― Beowulf

“þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!”
― Deor

“He would understand, later, that there is a moment when your life must become your own; you must claim it from all the other stories you’ve been given, that have been handed down or thrust upon you, or that you’ve been left holding while someone else claimed theirs.”
― Anne Michaels