Naomi Novik

There are men who are wolves inside, and want to eat up other people to fill up their bellies. That is what was in your house with you, all your life. But here you are with your brothers, and you are not eaten up, and there is not a wolf inside you. You have fed each other, and you kept the wolf away. That is all we can do for each other in the world, to keep the wolf away. And if there has been food in your house for you, then I am glad, glad with all my heart. I hope there will always be.