Claudia Merrill > Quotes

“There comes a time when you must choose a path. To walk toward knowledge and truth, or to turn away toward earthly matters.”
― Claudia Merrill, The Last Oracle

“There was no way of seeing forward, and no way back, only a trail ahead. Worn by the ancestors and those that came before. With tentative feet she would have to walk it, whether she liked it or not.”
― Claudia Merrill, The Last Oracle

“Everything was moving. Light emanated from the smallest blade of grass to the largest trunk of a tree. Bathed in light the world seemed alive, teeming with life. She was in the stream, the stream of all things.”
― Claudia Merrill, The Last Oracle

“She remembered the long nights alone, and the long days that followed. A new life awaited her, yet she stayed frozen where she was.”
― Claudia Merrill, The Last Oracle

“The Great Spirit. She felt that it knew her name, that it knew her. It did not judge her but saw her as she was. Shame poured through her. The presence pulled her in, enveloping her in the shame. She could feel all of it now. Memories tainted with disappointment. Every time that she turned away from herself. Moments when she would have rathered not revealed her true stance. She had betrayed herself. The guilt pierced her heart like an arrow.”
― Claudia Merrill, The Last Oracle