Danina Quotes

“Determined to protect his beloved only child, a wealthy merchant named Danina builds a splendid palace for her by the sea.”

“In an effort to protect his child, Danina is encased in a beautiful, gilded castle where she is protected from everything. Everything, but the wind.”

“Once many years ago in a country far to the east there lived a wealthy merchant. He was a widower and had an only daughter named Danina. She was dainty and beautiful, and he loved her more than the loved all of his treasures.”

“When Danina was still an infant, her father brought her to a great house which he had built on the shore of the sea. On three sides of the house rose three huge walls. And on the fourth side was the sea itself.”

“Yet one spring day, as Danina stood by her window gazing at the sea, a breeze blew sat across the waves. It shipped her hair about her face. It blew in the corners of her room.”