Nikhar

“Is it not a wondrous thing, to see your child born?”

He nodded. “Indeed. But I’ll tell you what is no less wondrous to me right now. That after a woman endures all this, why she is then willing to let any man ever again get within ten feet of her bed!”
― Sharon Kay Penman, Here Be Dragons

“There is a correspondence between the microcosm and the macrocosm! The stars are alive, child! Did you know that? Everything out there is alive, and there are grand purpose abroad! The universe is full of intentions, you know. Everything happens for a purpose.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“You might not have more courage, but you should be ashamed to show less.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“Of course I love her, but there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park