Naomi Novik Quote

But none of that matters at all. His head raised to stare balefully at me, but I said, incoherent yet convinced, It’s just—a way to go. There isn’t only one way to go. I waved at his notes. You’re trying to find a road where there isn’t one. It’s like—it’s gleaning in the woods, I said abruptly. You have to pick your way through the thickets and the trees, and it’s different every time.

Naomi Novik

But none of that matters at all. His head raised to stare balefully at me, but I said, incoherent yet convinced, It’s just—a way to go. There isn’t only one way to go. I waved at his notes. You’re trying to find a road where there isn’t one. It’s like—it’s gleaning in the woods, I said abruptly. You have to pick your way through the thickets and the trees, and it’s different every time.

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About Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.