The Moon of Gomrath Quotes

“But when they reached Highmost Redmanhey, Susan said, “Uthecar, what’s wrong with the elves? I – don’t mean to be rude, but I’ve always imagined them to be – well, the ‘best’ of your people.”

“Ha!”, said Uthecar. “They would agree with you! And few would gainsay them. You must judge for yourselves. But I will say this of the lios-alfar; they are merciless without kindliness, and there are things incomprehensible about them.”
― Alan Garner, The Moon of Gomrath

“It was bleak on Mottram road under the Edge, the wooded hill of Alderley. Trees roared high in the darkness. . . . [A]mong the trees something was happening that was not meant for human eyes.”
― Alan Garner, The Moon of Gomrath