Filo

“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

“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our lives -- in our scrabbling for food, in the washing of our bodies and warming of them, in our small daily battles -- we can forget our souls. We do not tend to them, as if they matter less. But I don't think they matter less.”
― Susan Fletcher, Corrag

“Mostly, she sees the good in the world, the light where there is dark... She sees beauty where we mostly pass it by. But tonight, she was heavy-hearted. I think sometimes she unfolds all her losses and stares at them, in the dark.”
― Susan Fletcher, Corrag

“Lvov - Ahora me doy cuenta de mi escasa cultura. Hasta para enseñar a mis niños tengo que refrescar frecuentemente mi memoria y aún a veces repasar mis estudios. Porque, para educar a los hijos, no basta procurarles maestros: hay que ponerles también observadores.
Eso sí: quisiera que fuesen mejores que yo. Es todo lo que deseo.
Levin – Lo principal es la educación moral.
Lvov – La educación moral…es imposible imaginar hasta qué punto es difícil eso. Apenas ha salvado usted una parte, se enfrenta con otra y otra vez comienza la lucha. Si no fuera por el apoyo de la religión, ningún padre podría, con sus medios solamente, llevar adelante la educación de sus hijos.”
― Leo Tolstoy