Name that Quote!
“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”
The nightingale by Kristen Hannah
A public scaffold scene evolves from punishment into moral commentary as the community’s perception shifts over time.
The Scarlet Letter
A letter meant to shame that becomes a symbol of identity and resistance.
The scarlet “A” (The Scarlet Letter)
Narration as Resistance
The Last Cuentista and The Nightingale
A woman whose early privilege contrasts sharply with her later work as a courier and rescuer, forcing her to choose between safety and resistance.
Vianne Mauriac (The Nightingale)
“He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now.”
The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
This character’s memory preservation is not passive but curated, involving selective storytelling to protect cultural identity.
The Last Cuentista
A communication device meant to soften death that instead amplifies the urgency of human connection.
They Both Die at the End
Love as Witness Rather Than Power
The Song of Achilles & They Both Die at the End
A character whose identity is partially shaped by an automated phone call and whose brief relationship becomes an act of defiance against inevitability.
Mateo Torrez (They Both Die at the End)
“...stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
They both die in the end by Adam Silvera
A mythological death is reframed not as heroic destiny but as emotional rupture witnessed by a lover.
The Song of Achilles
A blade that symbolizes both glory and inevitable loss.
The Song of Achilles
The Limits of Heroism
Stardust & The Song of Achilles
A scientist whose authority comes not from institutional power but from meticulous observation and documentation in hostile social spaces.
Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent) (A Natural History of Dragons)
“She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.”
The star’s transformation challenges the boundary between celestial object and human agency.
stardust
A collection of stories that resists cultural erasure by privileging memory over technological preservation.
The Last Cuentista
Defiance Under Oppression
The Nightingale & The Scarlet Letter
A pioneering scientist who challenges gender expectations through curiosity and courage.
Lady Trent (Isabella Camherst) (A Natural History of Dragons)
“They’re not meant to be identical; they’re meant to complement one another. Differences make things beautiful as a whole.”
The last cuentista By Donna Barba Higuera
A young woman rides her bicycle across towns at night, carrying secret messages to help people escape danger.
the nightingale
Bicycle
the nightingale
Hidden Strengths
The Nightingale & The Scarlet Letter
A narrator whose defining trait is his quietness, whose greatest “crime” is loving too deeply, and whose voice reshapes a legendary warrior’s legacy.
Patroclus (The Song of Achilles)