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“She was more feminine than she had ever been, and less. Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“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
“Things are or they are not, Vasya,” he interrupted. “If you want something, it means you do not have it, it means that you do not believe it is there, which means it will never be there. The fire is or it is not. That which you call magic is simply not allowing the world to be other than as you will it.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“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
“Mornings are wiser than evenings.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
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