Madalena

“There, weeping, a tsarevna lies locked in a cell.
And Master Grey Wolf serves her very well.
There, in her mortar, sweeping beneath the skies,
the demon Baba Yaga flies.
There Tsar Koschei,
he wastes away,
poring over his pale gold.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“If you never saw the stars, candles were enough.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“You must understand that knowledge is not all your heritage. I includes also courage and belief, like hers that we commemorate herein...and romance. Always, always romance.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“It’s just as hard to go back to a place you once left, as it is to leave it again.”
― Charlotte Eriksson