Eikenschild

“Come to me, and I shall be the sun round which you are locked in orbit, and my rays shall lay bare the secrets you keep from each other, and I, who possess charms and powers of which you have no inkling, shall control and possess and destroy you!”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat

“We were children - playing in the reflections of stars in a pool of water... Thinking it was space.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“Did you think I'd be your daughter forever? Are you the father of fools, the fool of fathers?'

'Your tone is unkind with me,' I answered.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“Beyond that, memories have a way of changing on us. Souring or sweetening over time—like a brew we drink, then recreate later by taste, only getting the ingredients mostly right. You can’t taste a memory without tainting it with who you have become.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea