“I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.” Naomi Novik book Throne of Jade Source: Throne of Jade
“It comes, I suppose,” I said thoughtfully, speaking to the air, “of spending too much time alone indoors, and forgetting that living things don’t always stay where you put them.” Naomi Novik book Uprooted Source: Uprooted Time , Forgetting
“But she hadn't been able to take root. She'd remembered the wrong things, and forgotten too much. She'd remembered how to kill and how to hate, and she'd forgotten how to grow.” Naomi Novik book Uprooted Source: Uprooted Hate
“You’ve been inexpressibly lucky,” he said finally. “And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing” Naomi Novik book Uprooted Source: Uprooted Madness