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“But nothing is ever equal with humans, really—we give and we take, the scales ever tipping. That’s just the way of it. I am what he has, and he is what I have—there’s no point keeping score.”
― Where the Dark Stands Still
― Where the Dark Stands Still
“That way lay madness: hiding from the worst parts of her own nature until, out of sight, they became monstrous growths to devour the rest of her.”
― The Winter of the Witch
― The Winter of the Witch
“Naturally. Only boys and fools think men are first in courage. We do not bear children.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“your bones. You must reckon with it. “Am I damned, then?” Vasya whispered, frightened. I do not understand “damned.” You are. And because you are, you can walk where you will, into peace, oblivion, or pits of fire, but you will always choose.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
“Liska realizes, in that moment, that she has misjudged herself. Through the Leszy’s eyes, she has seen something in herself that she could have never believed otherwise: strength, tenacity, kindness. In his eyes, she is ever-changing, different with every dawn but no less sincere. She is not defined by her magic, for better or for worse. She does not need to prove herself to him or to anyone else. She is simply… enough. She has always been enough. It is this discovery, more than anything, that brings Liska to life.”
― Where the Dark Stands Still
― Where the Dark Stands Still
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