

“He is full of desire. Desire and fear. He does not know what he desires, and he does not admit his fear. But he feels both, strong enough to strangle.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale

“Nothing changes, Vasya. Things are, or they are not. Magic is forgetting that something ever was other than as you willed it.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale

“His voice was like snow at midnight.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale

“You are too attached to things as they are,” said Morozko, combing the mare’s withers. He glanced down idly. “You must allow things to be what best suits your purpose. And then they will.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale

“Solovey will take me to the ends of the earth if I ask it. I am going into the world, Alyosha. I will be no one's bride, neither of man nor of God. I am going to Kiev and Sarai and Tsargrad, and I will look upon the sun on the sea.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
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