The Nightingale's Castle Quotes

“The nightingale is still the bird of darkness and mourning, even though its song is sweet.”
― Sonia Velton, The Nightingale's Castle

“I heard that the priests were concerned, my lady,” she says carefully. “I believe they said that there were an unusual number of dead girls being carried out of your castles for burial.” The countess sighs, exasperated. “I give work to so many young girls in my castles and estates that it’s inevitable that God takes some of them each year. I wish there was no plague, no sickness, no death, but that is not the world we live in. You know that better than anyone, Boróka. You saw how sick Orsolya was.”
― Sonia Velton, The Nightingale's Castle: A Novel of Erzsébet Báthory, the Blood Countess