"I don't think anything really consciously went into 'Legend' that was influenced by videogames, but I'm pretty sure some of my experiences and love for gaming contributed to a few of the factors that are in 'Legend'."

“But I don't want nutrition. I want food!”

“Concentration is not staring hard at something. It is not trying to concentrate.”

“The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]”

“I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the stuff to become something else. I get spun around by what happens in words. When that occurs, it inspires images that seem so original to me as an artist, even though I'm following what the poem has offered.”

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“The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.”

Source : Willa Cather (1970). “The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902”, p.368, U of Nebraska Press

“I can’t help feeling a little bit competitive and a little bit disappointed in myself that I’m already so far behind. After all, Yulikova thinks Barron has a real future with the Bureau. She told me so. I told her that sociopaths are relentlessly charming. I think she figured I was joking.”

“Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb”

“That’s the power you possess as an artist. To find and express your own unique message.”

Source : Ella Leya (2015). “The Orphan Sky”, p.113, Sourcebooks, Inc.