297 Quotes by Naomi Novik

They come and go like seasons, the winter that gives no thought to the spring.

she’s been living alone with a man for ten years, so of course she’s ruined, even though the girls all say he never puts a hand on them.

I wanted to scream, to weep. I wanted to drag my hand across the world and wipe it.

keep your eyes on him, you wretched vainglorious creature,

And listen to me: what you’ve done here carries power with it, of a different sort. Don’t let Solya take all the credit, and don’t be shy of using it.

One day when I was ten one of out neighbors came to the house and said that the tsar was dead and when I asked what ir meant they said that there would be a new tsar. So I did not really see why a tsar mattered.

One day when I was ten one of our neighbors came to the house and said that the tsar was dead and when I asked what ir meant they said that there would be a new tsar. So I did not really see why a tsar mattered.

You intolerable lunatic," he snarled at me, and then he caught my face between his hands and kissed me.

And I wasn't old enough to be wise, so I loved her more, not less, because I knew she would be taken from me soon.