Carolina

“Men are also wicked," Vasya returned passionately. "And good, and everything in between. Chyerti are, just as men are, just as the earth herself is. Chyerti are sometimes wise and sometimes foolish, sometimes good and sometimes cruel. God rules the next world, but what of this one? Men may seek salvation in heaven and also make offerings to their hearth-spirits, to keep their house safe from evil. Did not God make chyerti, as He made everything else in heaven and earth?”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“The ones who know can't tell us, and the ones who tell us don't know.”
― Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares

“You know that feeling, when you're watching someone sleep and you feel overwhelmed with joy that they exist?”
― Emily Henry, Beach Read

“If you spend all your days bearing the burden of unforgotten wrongs you will only wound yourself.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch