181 Quotes by Katherine Arden

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.

You were such a sweet child, when I first met you by this very tree,” remarked the Bear. “What happened?” His voice was mocking, but she could feel the tension in him when she began to undo the golden clasps. “What happened? Love, betrayal, and time,” said Vasya. “What happens to anyone who grows to understand you, Medved? Living happens.

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

Mark me, Batyushka, she said. Pray for the dead, comfort the sick, and comfort my stepmother. But leave me alone, or next time one of them comes for you, I shall not lift a finger to stop it.

It is easy to die,' replied the bannik. 'Harder to live.

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

Come in, Vasya,' he said. 'It is cold.' Could the snow-laden night speak, it might have spoken with that voice.

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?

That which you call magic is simply not allowing the world to be other than as you will it.