Ginny

“Russia! Russia! What is the incomprehensible, mysterious force that draws me to you? Why does your mournful song, carried along your whole length and breadth from sea to sea, each and re-echo incessantly in my ears? What is there in that song? What is it that calls, and sobs, and clutches at my heart? What are those sounds that caress me so poignantly, that go straight to my soul and twine about my heart? Russia! What do you want from me? What is that mysterious, hidden bond between us?”
― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

“What had changed things? What had made the difference?

She had. All by herself.”
― Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass

“We are speaking different languages, as always, but that doesn't change the things we talk about.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Once down by the shore, only Temeraire went directly into the deep water and began to swim. Maximus came tentatively into the shallows, but went no further than he could stand, and Lily stood on the shore watching, nosing at the water but not going in. Levitas, as was his habit, first wavered on the shore, and then dashed out all at once, splashing and flapping wildly with his eyes tightly shut until he got out to the deeper water and began to paddle enthusiastically.”
― Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon