Zoya Name Quotes

Zoya was surprised to find she liked seeing Alina’s name on churches, liked hearing it spoken in prayers. Ravka had given too much of its love to men like the Darkling, the Apparat, even the Lantsov kings. They owed a little of it to an orphan girl with no dress sense.

I am a soldier, I've been a soldier since I was a child. Would you have a girl who has spent her life down in the trenches of battle wear a crown? Would you have a soldier queen? I am a Squaller, a Grisha. Some of our enemies will call me a witch. And some of our own people will agree. Will you have a Grisha queen? My father's name was Suhm Nabri, and I am his only daughter. Will you have a Suli queen?

None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon king or a dragon queen, a one-eyed Tailor, Heartrender twins. They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive. But maybe that was the trick of it: to survive, to dare to stay alive, to forge your own hope when all hope had run out. For the survivors then, Zoya whispered to herself as the people before her knelt and chanted her name. And for the lost.

None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon kind or a dragon queen, a one-eyed Tailor, Heartrender twins. They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive. But maybe that was the trick of it: to survive, to dare to stay alive, to forge your own hope when all hope had run out. For the survivors then, Zoya whispered to herself as the people before her knelt and chanted her name. And for the lost.

Everyone is so concerned with the naming of their wounds and the tending of them," she said. "It's tiresome.

The Darkling smiled. "Does this mean you have not mastered all Juris set out to teach you?" Zoya felt the dam containing her rage give way. She lunged toward the Darkling as Nikolai seized her arms to hold her back. "You do not speak his name. Say his name again, and I'll cut the tongue from your mouth and wear it as a brooch.

My name is Valentin Belrov. I have a sister called Inessa Belrov. I have a love called Zoya Kostava. They are being held captive. I have to set them free!

American DEWAR FAMILY Cameron Dewar Ursula “Beep” Dewar, his sister Woody Dewar, his father Bella Dewar, his mother PESHKOV-JAKES FAMILY George Jakes Jacky Jakes, his mother Greg Peshkov, his father Lev Peshkov, his grandfather Marga, his grandmother MARQUAND FAMILY Verena Marquand Percy Marquand, her father Babe Lee, her mother CIA Florence Geary Tony Savino Tim Tedder, semiretired Keith Dorset OTHERS Maria Summers Joseph Hugo, FBI Larry Mawhinney, Pentagon Nelly Fordham, old flame of Greg Peshkov Dennis Wilson, aide to Bobby Kennedy Skip Dickerson, aide to Lyndon Johnson Leopold “Lee” Montgomery, reporter Herb Gould, television journalist on This Day Suzy Cannon, gossip reporter Frank Lindeman, television network owner REAL HISTORICAL CHARACTERS John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth U.S. president Jackie, his wife Bobby Kennedy, his brother Dave Powers, assistant to President Kennedy Pierre Salinger, President Kennedy’s press officer Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Lyndon B. Johnson, thirty-sixth U.S. president Richard Nixon, thirty-seventh U.S. president Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth U.S. president Ronald Reagan, fortieth U.S. president George H. W. Bush, forty-first U.S. president British LECKWITH-WILLIAMS FAMILY Dave Williams Evie Williams, his sister Daisy Williams, his mother Lloyd Williams, M.P., his father Eth Leckwith, Dave’s grandmother MURRAY FAMILY Jasper Murray Anna Murray, his sister Eva Murray, his mother MUSICIANS IN THE GUARDSMEN AND PLUM NELLIE Lenny, Dave Williams’s cousin Lew, drummer Buzz, bass player Geoffrey, lead guitarist OTHERS Earl Fitzherbert, called Fitz Sam Cakebread, friend of Jasper Murray Byron Chesterfield (real name Brian Chesnowitz), music agent Hank Remington (real name Harry Riley), pop star Eric Chapman, record company executive German FRANCK FAMILY Rebecca Hoffmann Carla Franck, Rebecca’s adoptive mother Werner Franck, Rebecca’s adoptive father Walli Franck, son of Carla Lili Franck, daughter of Werner and Carla Maud von Ulrich, née Fitzherbert, Carla’s mother Hans Hoffmann, Rebecca’s husband OTHERS Bernd Held, schoolteacher Karolin Koontz, folksinger Odo Vossler, clergyman REAL HISTORICAL PEOPLE Walter Ulbricht, first secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (Communist) Erich Honecker, Ulbricht’s successor Egon Krenz, successor to Honecker Polish Stanislaw “Staz” Pawlak, army officer Lidka, girlfriend of Cam Dewar Danuta Gorski, Solidarity activist REAL HISTORICAL PEOPLE Anna Walentynowicz, crane driver Lech Wałesa, leader of the trade union Solidarity General Jaruzelski, prime minister Russian DVORKIN-PESHKOV FAMILY Tanya Dvorkin, journalist Dimka Dvorkin, Kremlin aide, Tanya’s twin brother Anya Dvorkin, their mother Grigori Peshkov, their grandfather Katerina Peshkov, their grandmother Vladimir, always called Volodya, their uncle Zoya, Volodya’s wife Nina, Dimka’s girlfriend OTHERS Daniil Antonov, features editor at TASS Pyotr Opotkin, features editor in chief Vasili Yenkov, dissident Natalya Smotrov, official in the Foreign Ministry

American DEWAR FAMILY Cameron Dewar Ursula “Beep” Dewar, his sister Woody Dewar, his father Bella Dewar, his mother PESHKOV-JAKES FAMILY George Jakes Jacky Jakes, his mother Greg Peshkov, his father Lev Peshkov, his grandfather Marga, his grandmother MARQUAND FAMILY Verena Marquand Percy Marquand, her father Babe Lee, her mother CIA Florence Geary Tony Savino Tim Tedder, semiretired Keith Dorset OTHERS Maria Summers Joseph Hugo, FBI Larry Mawhinney, Pentagon Nelly Fordham, old flame of Greg Peshkov Dennis Wilson, aide to Bobby Kennedy Skip Dickerson, aide to Lyndon Johnson Leopold “Lee” Montgomery, reporter Herb Gould, television journalist on This Day Suzy Cannon, gossip reporter Frank Lindeman, television network owner REAL HISTORICAL CHARACTERS John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth U.S. president Jackie, his wife Bobby Kennedy, his brother Dave Powers, assistant to President Kennedy Pierre Salinger, President Kennedy’s press officer Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Lyndon B. Johnson, thirty-sixth U.S. president Richard Nixon, thirty-seventh U.S. president Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth U.S. president Ronald Reagan, fortieth U.S. president George H. W. Bush, forty-first U.S. president British LECKWITH-WILLIAMS FAMILY Dave Williams Evie Williams, his sister Daisy Williams, his mother Lloyd Williams, M.P., his father Eth Leckwith, Dave’s grandmother MURRAY FAMILY Jasper Murray Anna Murray, his sister Eva Murray, his mother MUSICIANS IN THE GUARDSMEN AND PLUM NELLIE Lenny, Dave Williams’s cousin Lew, drummer Buzz, bass player Geoffrey, lead guitarist OTHERS Earl Fitzherbert, called Fitz Sam Cakebread, friend of Jasper Murray Byron Chesterfield (real name Brian Chesnowitz), music agent Hank Remington (real name Harry Riley), pop star Eric Chapman, record company executive German FRANCK FAMILY Rebecca Hoffmann Carla Franck, Rebecca’s adoptive mother Werner Franck, Rebecca’s adoptive father Walli Franck, son of Carla Lili Franck, daughter of Werner and Carla Maud von Ulrich, née Fitzherbert, Carla’s mother Hans Hoffmann, Rebecca’s husband OTHERS Bernd Held, schoolteacher Karolin Koontz, folksinger Odo Vossler, clergyman REAL HISTORICAL PEOPLE Walter Ulbricht, first secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (Communist) Erich Honecker, Ulbricht’s successor Egon Krenz, successor to Honecker Polish Stanislaw “Staz” Pawlak, army officer Lidka, girlfriend of Cam Dewar Danuta Gorski, Solidarity activist REAL HISTORICAL PEOPLE Anna Walentynowicz, crane driver Lech Wałesa, leader of the trade union Solidarity General Jaruzelski, prime minister Russian DVORKIN-PESHKOV FAMILY Tanya Dvorkin, journalist Dimka Dvorkin, Kremlin aide, Tanya’s twin brother Anya Dvorkin, their mother Grigori Peshkov, their grandfather Katerina Peshkov, their grandmother Vladimir, always called Volodya, their uncle Zoya, Volodya’s wife Nina, Dimka’s girlfriend OTHERS Daniil Antonov, features editor at TASS Pyotr Opotkin, features editor in chief Vasili Yenkov, dissident Natalya Smotrov, official in the Foreign Ministry Nik Smotrov, Natalya’s husband Yevgeny Filipov, aide to Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky Vera Pletner, Dimka’s secretary Valentin, Dimka’s friend Marshal Mikhail Pushnoy REAL HISTORICAL CHARACTERS Nikita Sergeyevitch Khrushchev, first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Andrei Gromyko, foreign minister under Khrushchev Rodion Malinovsky, defense minister under Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin, chairman of the Council of Ministers Leonid Brezhnev, Khrushchev’s successor Yuri Andropov, successor to Brezhnev Konstantin Chernenko, successor to Andropov Mikhail Gorbachev, successor to Chernenko Other Nations Paz Oliva, Cuban general Frederik Bíró, Hungarian politician Enok Andersen, Danish accountant

Hey Menace, what do I owe this call? Speaker… why?” Zoya rolled her eyes and put her phone on speaker. “What up, King?” “What’s good, Menace… appreciate the gift.” He chuckled. “Don’t even mention the shit.” “Thank you, Menace. We really appreciate it.” The line grew quiet. “How you doing, Bronx? Congratulations on the baby… I had the truck dropped off there because I heard ya’ll homeless.” I dropped my head and held my laugh because it wouldn’t be Menace if he didn’t say some wild shit. “I’m not fucking homeless and my name ain’t Bronx, Marvin.” Zoya took the call off speaker and rushed her brother off the call. “Why does he keep calling me every name but Blair?” “Same reason you called…” Capri allowed her voice to trail off, and she looked down at her feet. “Sorry.

I have a room at the shore house, so make sure you make it up for me when I come.” Zoya smiled as she stood up. Goon damn near bit his lip off, and tried to bite her ass, and she swatted him away. His eyes were trained on Zoya the entire time. “Yeah, make our room up.” “Gerald, are you gonna escort me home.” He stood up, stretched and nodded. “The quicker you realize this is your life with me, then the better we’ll be, Mrs. Wraithe.” “Better put me in a Wraithe if you want me to change my last name,” she flipped her hair, and went to hug Anjo and Capri.

The throne ain’t cold no more, the king is inferno and heat rises.” . “You heard the fucking queen!” Goon hollered. I smirked. “I hear you, Anjo… I love you.” “Love you, too,” she quickly handed Capri back the phone, and she came into the camera with a slushie looking drink in her hand. “Uh huh… Dog house doesn’t feel nice, huh?” “Suga, mind yo damn business.” “Where my baby cakes at?” “Gerald… please.” We all laughed when we heard Zoya’s voice. “You’ve owed me a date for a good little minute now, so make sure you make it back so we can have that date, k?” I ain’t never seen a nigga like Goon blush the way he was right now. “Already know… gonna take you some place real expensive.” “Nope, I want a Goon date. Been everywhere expensive already, fuck you mean,” she snickered. “Sug, I’ll call you when we land.” “Love you, Meer Cat… you better be careful and give ‘em hell, Blaze. I would hate to be looking for a new step-daddy with all these kids… what you said, Cappy? Soul train line of hood niggas?” “Baby doll, not right fucking now,” Cappadonna looked up from his phone and laughed, while Meer got crazy in the eyes. “Stop fucking playing with me… love you Mrs. Inferno.” She giggled. “Love you, Meer… oh, you can bring me⁠—” “Breaking up, Sug.” He quickly ended the call. Capone looked at him. “You hung up on my pregnant sister, nigga.” “You wanna travel with some weird ass food craving she got?” He nodded. “You right.” Goon settled in his chair. “Mark my fucking words… I’m marrying her and putting three babies in her. Changing that last name from Caselli.” “You wanna be Menace’s brother-in-law? Shit.” Capone whistled. “He ain’t all that bad, though… you gotta just understand the man.” I pointed at him. “That’s cause yo ass is crazy… crazy understand crazy.

Please welcome our valedictorian, Landon Caselli.” We all clapped while Zoya, Stevie, and their bodyguard cheered loudly. “Thank you for coming today. When it came to writing my speech, I procrastinated because that’s what I do — wait until the last minute and then attempt to pull a miracle out the hat. When I think of all it took to get here and the person that stood there, pushing me to get here, I can say he always pulled a miracle out the hat. Even when I wasn’t privy to needing said miracles, he was making them happen on my behalf.” He cleared his throat. “On our behalf. I may have done the work to get here, but I kept his face in the back of my mind. What would he do had he been given this chance? Every time I texted one of my peers that I was rich so I could drop out, his face popped up. This degree may have my name on it, but it’s for you. For all you sacrificed, all you lost, and all you never got to experience because you were too busy pulling miracles out of hats for us. If I have any words for my peers today, it’s to follow your dreams… sounds cliché, but on the real, we take advantage of people saying it because not too many get the chance to live or follow their dreams.... thank you.