181 Quotes by Katherine Arden

You must allow things to be what best suits your purpose. And then they will.

The wicked were not supposed to mourn, or to regret, or to have seen their silent God at last, in the steadfastness of another’s faith.

He saw all at once, as Pyotr had seen, the wild thing brought indoors, busy and breathless, a woman like other women. Like Pyotr, he felt a strange sorrow and shook it away.

How? I am a demon and a nightmare; I die every spring, and I will live forever.

Sometimes the travelers were wise enough to put their clothes on backward for protection – but not often; they mostly died. Vasya.

Mornings are wiser than evenings.

Only boys and fools think men are first in courage. We do not bear children.

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.

She is herself,” said Sasha. “Doom and blessing both, and it is for God to judge her.