181 Quotes by Katherine Arden

Nay, it is the coming storm. The first sign is fear. The second is always fire. Your people are afraid, and now the fires burn.

It is not for men and women to presume what the Lord wishes. That way lies evil, when men put themselves too high, saying, I know what God wants, for it is also what I want.

I remember more and see more than you, she said. And will for a considerable time. We do not speak to many, and the spirit of horses does not reveal himself to anyone. There is magic in your bones. You must reckon with it.

You shouldn’t have told them I was a girl. Then they might have believed that I was dangerous.

Live,” she said. “You said you loved me. Live.

The brave live,” replied Morozko. “The cowards die in the snow. I did not know which you were.

You will walk a long road,” said Morozko. “If you have not the courage to meet it, better – far better – for you to die quiet in the snow. Perhaps I meant you a kindness.

Well, I have a gift for your younger daughter. You shall make her swear to keep it by her always. You shall also swear never to recount to any living soul the circumstances of our meeting. Under these, and only these, conditions will I spare your son his life.

She hated him. She dreamed about him. None of it mattered. Might as well hate the sky – or desire it – and she hated that worst of all.