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The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2) QUOTES

1 " The glutton cannot turn his mind to God,” he said dismissively. “But neither can the starving man. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

2 " I carve things of wood because things made by effort are more real than things made by wishing. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

3 " Having the world as you wish--that is not for the young," he added, "They want too much. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

4 " Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

5 " Witch. The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

6 " The more one knows, the sooner one grows old,” Midnight returned cheerfully. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

7 " I did not know I was to be outdone by a little magic boy and his tricks,” he said. “I salute you, magician.” He swept her a bow from horseback.

Vasya did not return the bow. “To small minds,” she told him, spine very straight, “any skill must look like sorcery. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

8 " You cannot take vengeance on a whole people because of the doings of a few wicked men. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

9 " Strange man, worn and kind, with his soul honed to steel. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

10 " 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 (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

11 " Many people say ‘Better to die’ until the time comes to do it,” Morozko returned. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

12 " There is no such thing 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 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. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

13 " I don’t feel like a traveler now,” Vasya admitted, low, to Morozko .

“Neither do travelers, often enough,” the frost-demon returned. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

14 " Go out into the world, traveler. See what the long nights and hard days feel like, after a week of them.”

“Perhaps I will like them,” Vasya retorted, with spirit.

“I sincerely hope not. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

15 " But I cannot believe her mad. Reckless she is, and immodest, and sometimes I fear for her soul. But she is only herself; she is not mad. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

16 " 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 (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

17 " You know nothing of this world, and now you mean to go out and die in it? "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

18 " Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

19 " Think of me sometimes," he returned. "When the snowdrops have bloomed and the snow has melted. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

20 " I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone. "

― Katherine Arden , The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)