Denitsa

“All my life,” she said, “I have been told ‘go’ and ‘come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god. I would walk into the jaws of hell itself, if it were a path of my own choosing. I would rather die tomorrow in the forest than live a hundred years of the life appointed me. Please. Please let me help you.”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale

“— След като разкажеш една история, би трябвало да се освободиш от нея, нали така?
— Аз съм се освободил. Но докато го прави, човек разбира — и точно в това се крие тайната, — че някои истории са прекъснати по средата. От такива истории ни е по-трудно да се освободим, а докато не затворим една глава, не можем да започнем следващата.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“— Знаеш ли какво най-много ми липсва? — попита тя.
— Какво?
— Да мога да погледна знамето и да изпитам гордост.”
― Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story – A New York Times Bestselling Philosophical Memoir of Hope and Intimacy

“Things are or they are not, Vasya,” he interrupted. “If you want something, it means you do not have it, it means that you do not believe it is there, which means it will never be there. The fire is or it is not. That which you call magic is simply not allowing the world to be other than as you will it.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower