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“There are no monsters in the world, and no saints. Only infinite shades woven into the same tapestry, light and dark. One man’s monster is another man’s beloved. The wise know that.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“She bent forward to breathe into his ear: "Never give me orders."
"Command me, then," he whispered back. The words went through her like wine.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“If I wanted to imprison someone until the end of days, would it not be best to use a prison that he has no desire to escape?”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“He" —she stumbled, finishedâ€�"He has been a joy to me." And, drily, "Also a great source of frustration.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“I want Dmitrii's admiration. I want a victory. I even want power, over princes and chyerti. I am allowed to want things, winter-king.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“You are not alone, he said, in a voice no one but she could hear. Remember.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“Come in, Vasya,' he said. 'It is cold.' Could the snow-laden night speak, it might have spoken with that voice.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“Sasha, studying her, surprised himself by saying, "You look just like our mother."
Her eyes opened at that; sudden pleasure drove away the shadows in her face. He said, smiling, "Our mother always put bread in the oven at night. For the domovoi.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“Olga smiled a little. Vasya remembered that years before, her sister had been a girl who had dreamed of love and raven-princes. Olga had laid aside the dream, as women must. Perhaps she did not regret it. For the raven-prince was strange and secret; he would draw you out into a dangerous world.”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch

“Morozko shot the fire a glance and it leaped up, roaring. Vasya gratefully sank down onto her heap of boughs and warmed her hands.
"Will you teach me to do magic, too?" she asked him. "To make fire with my eyes?"
The fire flared sudden and harsh on the bones of Morozko's face. "There is no such things as magic"
"But you just �"
"Things are or they are not, Vasya," he interrupted. "If you want something, it means you do not have it, it means you do not believe it is there, which means that 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.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

“But Vasya never saw them when she was looking for them. They moved between one breath and the next, between one blink and another."- The Girl in the Tower”
― Katherine Arden

“And yet, I will think of the future," Vasya retorted. "To remind me that the present is not forever. One day I may see my brother Alyosha again, and my sister Irina. I might have a home of my own, a place and a purpose, a victory. What is the present without the future?”
― Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch