“He was not for that moment a human being, but a frenzied creature possessed by rage, turned into an animal. All that could be seen in him was the urge to hurt, and it was, as it will always be, the most dreadful sight in the world.”
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““You have heard me talk of Logres. It was the old name for this country, thousands of years ago; in the old days when the struggle between good and evil was more bitter and open than it is now. That s...”
Susan Cooper
“All knowledge is sacred, but it should not be secret.”
Susan Cooper
“Nothing is what it seems, boy. Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. There’s your first lesson.”
Susan Cooper
“Nearly every tale that men tell of magic and witches and such is born out of foolishness and ignorance and sickness of mind—or is a way of explaining things they do not understand.”
Susan Cooper
“Each wave of men in turn grew peaceful as it grew to know and love the land, so that the Light flourished again. But always the Dark was there, swelling and waning, gaining a new Lord of the Dark when...”
Susan Cooper