181 Quotes by Katherine Arden

Irina, for God’s sake, praying will not keep her warm. Make soup.

We who live forever can know no courage, nor do we love enough to give our lives.

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.

Men do the work of devils, do they not? It has always been so.

I prayed - all the years of my life, i prayed. But you were silent, Lord. If i am making bargains with devils it is only because you abandoned me.

I have plucked snowdrops at Midwinter, died at my own choosing, and wept for a nightingale. Now I am beyond prophecy.

What immortal ever knew what it was like to number his days? Yet I can feel the hours passing when she is near

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

Above all, Vasya wanted her horse. She wanted his strength, his warm breath, his uncomplicated affection. Without him, she was a lost girl in a dress; on his back, she felt invincible.