The Winter Palace Quotes

“Where does destiny end and choice begin?”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“Don't stare into mirrors. It's easy to get lost in there.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“If a tree is bent, every goat will jump on it.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“I was a tongue, a gazette. The bearer of "the truth of the whispers."
I knew of hollowed books, trunks with false bottoms, and the meanders of secret corridors. I knew how to open hidden drawers in your escritoire, how to unseal your letter and make you think no one had touched it. If I had been in your room, I left the hair around your lock the way you had tied it. If you trusted the silence of the night, I had overheard your secrets.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace

“If you act long enough, acting becomes part of you.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“But victory is not everything. It’s just as crucial to consider what has been won.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“You do not reason with a flood. You look for anything useful that might float your way. On”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“Não se discute com o rio, quando há uma cheia. Procura-se encontrar algo útil que flutue na nossa direção.”
― Eva Stachniak, O Palácio de Inverno

“– Um museu é um templo do conhecimento – dizia-me o meu pai –, um candeeiro aceso que envia os seus raios de luz para a escuridão, a prova da infinita variedade da vida.”
― Eva Stachniak, O Palácio de Inverno

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― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great

“If you don't love, you cannot be betrayed.”
― Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace