Petronilla

“Ci sono diecimila modi per contemplare la luna, e tutti sono stati celebrati. Luna d'inverno che illumina un paesaggio nevoso. Luna che disegna a terra l'ombra leggera di una spalliera di glicini. Luna di lago, contemplata da un piccolo belvedere privilegiato; chi sogna, chi recita un frammento di dramma antico, e al ritmo dei versi il tuo riflesso danza fra i gigli acquatici.
Luna solenne che ti inquadri nel portico di un tempio, fra la campana e la sua corda pendente. La si guarda appoggiati a una colonna, e si pensa. Tu fai vivere la campana e le infinite lanterne sospese alla volta.”
― Thomas Raucat, L'onorevole gita in campagna

“Tell me what I must slay, what I must steal, tell me the riddle I must solve or the hag I must trick. Only tell me the way, and I will do it, no matter the danger, no matter the hardship, no matter the cost.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“I’ll follow you; I’ll lead you about a round,
Through bog, through bush, through brake, through
brier;
Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound,
A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire;
And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and burn,
Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Hugh?" Logan said, tearing his eyes away from the scene in front of them.
Chief Inspector Pickering turned, a half-smile playing across his face. "Yes?"
"Gonnae shut the fuck up?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Seriously. If you are not muttering to yourself, you're making clicking noises with your tongue, or tapping your teeth, or some other bloody thing. Even your breathing is annoying me. I'm trying to concentrate here, and all I'm getting is-" Logan inhaled and exhaled deeply like he was trying to stop himself from hyperventilating. "It's like getting a dirty phone call from Darth Vader.”
― J.D. Kirk, Blood and Treachery