Amber

“Loki was not evil, although he was certainly not a force for good. Loki was . . . complicated.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“They heard a distant rumbling, like thunder on the peaks, or mountains crumbling, or huge waves crashing to shore, and the earth shook with each rumble.
“My husband is coming home,” said the giantess. “I hear his gentle footsteps in the distance.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“And so shall honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarcau for what he became.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“There will be snow driving in from all directions, fierce winds, and cold colder than you have ever imagined cold could be, an icy cold so cold your lungs will ache when you breathe, so cold that the tears in your eyes will freeze. There will be no spring to relieve it, no summer, no autumn. Only winter, followed by winter, followed by winter.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology