“But I can't kill anyone,' said Jonathan, 'you know that Orvar!' 'Not even if it means your life?' asked Orvar. 'No, not even then,' said Jonathan. Orvar couldn't understand this and Mattias hardly could, either. 'If everyone were like you,' said Orvar, 'then evil would rule for all eternity!' But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, then there would be no evil.”
― The Brothers Lionheart
― The Brothers Lionheart
“On the moon we have everything. Lettuce, and pumpkin pie and Amanita phalloides. We have cat-furred plants and horses dancing with their wings. All the locks are solid and tight, and there are no ghosts.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“I was a woman when it was convenient to blame me, and a girl when they wanted to use me.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“But whatever, we descendants of the Girl Line may not have wealth and proper windows in our drafty homes but at least we have rage and we will build empires with that, gentlemen.”
― All My Puny Sorrows
― All My Puny Sorrows
“It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die and I wanted her to live and we were enemies who loved each other.”
― All My Puny Sorrows
― All My Puny Sorrows
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