We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back to being stone—crumbling in death rather than rotting, trapped inside an immobile prison of stone rather than reduced… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
You know how they say the grass is always greener on the other side? It is greener, because you're not there. And if you… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
The bird Gamayun was related to Alkonost and Sirin in some vague fashion-even the most casual observer would've noticed that all three of them… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“Of course I am!” Mattie stomped her foot, and the entire house shook. “Everyone should be afraid of change—people die in such times.” — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“That was the trouble with the supernatural, Vimbai thought--you didn't know what laws ruled it, and what was a coincidence and what was a sign and what was weird and what wasn't. It was like a whodunit, only the clues refused to be arranged into any sort of hierarchy or a straight narrative, and most of the time it wasn't… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share
The moment passes. There is no point in regretting irreversible decisions—one has to live with them, and we try. — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
The spirits, he said, the souls. They are not angry at the living, they just want to help. Helping others is the only way… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“The crows demur at first, but soon grow bold and eat. He talks to them. He tells them of all the things that bother… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“Your people are losing your jobs to your machines. You put mechanizing everything and making it efficient above your people's happiness, and you wonder… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
We suddenly feel fearful and apprehensive, naked in our perishable flesh, and for just a moment we wish we could go back to being… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“They, the women, were like the gargoyles, Mattie thought. Respected in words, but hidden from view of those who ran the city and managing… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
“He was still wide awake when the morning came - the light changed imperceptibly underground, with the glowtrees flaring up brightly, and the shimmer… — Ekaterina Sedia Copy Share Image
