Sara Saif

“Otis," I said.

"Shhh," he said. "I'm incognito. Call me...Otis."

"I'm not sure that's how incognito works, but okay."

Otis, aka Otis climbed into the chair I'd reserved for Sam.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
― Yasunari Kawabata

“You have to weed the garden before you can plant flowers, must you not?” I”
― Rhiannon Thomas, Long May She Reign

“He picked up a twist of straw and began to rub her down. In the space of a blink, the twist of straw became a brush of boar’s hair. The mare stood with her ears flopping, loose-lipped with enjoyment. Vasya went nearer, fascinated. “Did you change the straw? Was that magic?” “As you see.” He went on with his grooming. “Can you tell me how you do it?” She came up beside him and peered eagerly at the brush in his hand. “You are too attached to things as they are,” said Morozko, combing the mare’s withers. He glanced down idly. “You must allow things to be what best suits your purpose. And then they will.” Vasya,”
― Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale