Erika

“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“I will tell you if you tell me which language you sing in."
"Spanish," she lied.
"No great miracle has evern been worked in Castilian."
"And why is that?"
"Because it's a language that spends its power in command and conquest.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“What do you really think of this place?"
"What does a beetle think of the boot that crushes it? It is a very excellent boot with a most impressive sole and made of the finest leather.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood