# Quote — Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

> But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.

- Author: [Naomi Novik](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik.md)
- Book: [Spinning Silver](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik/spinning-silver.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik/spinning-silver/but-the-world

## More from this book

> But I had not known that I was strong enough to do any of those things until they were over and I had done them. I had to do the work first, not knowing.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik/spinning-silver/but-i-had.md)

> The only thing that had ever done me any good in my father’s house was thinking: no one had cared what I wanted, or whether I was happy. I’d had to find my own way to anything I wanted. I’d never been grateful for that before now, when what I wanted was my life.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik/spinning-silver/the-only-thing.md)

> A power claimed and challenged and thrice carried out is true

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/naomi-novik/spinning-silver/a-power-claimed.md)