Quest Quotes

“Life isn’t about what you’ve lost.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“Deception was another phase of life, with betrayal at its heels; or sometimes, shining in its eyes.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“It seemed unreal and unfair—that someone purposed for such evil could appear so alluring and ethereal.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“Saving the body will do nothing but prolong the death. It is the souls that are immortal, and you cannot give yours away.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“You walk in both light and shadow, and each one fits you.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“Darkness cannot rule light forever, and evil never truly has won dominion over good.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“Passion, even love, held nothing together. It only pretended to do so, until suddenly, its fragile fingers snapped, and the world flew to pieces once more.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest

“He ignored her, still catching rain in his withered hands. “The mortal life is as futile as a raindrop.” He shook his head wearily. “Beginning in splendor and comfort, surrounded by a thousand others like itself, by the walls of the cloud. So like the walls of the womb.” He paused to contemplate. “But things concealed must at length be revealed. The womb of all things becomes too crowded; the cloud becomes too weighted. And a raindrop is shoved away, dismissed as useless, forgotten. Its beauty fades, turned grey by the trauma of birth. And then. . . then, Shiloh, the inevitable fall begins. Alone, the raindrop falls, surrounded by other outcasts, yes, but still so alone. And alone, the soul falls, cold. Mortals are so cold, Shiloh. Cold and dead inside their cocoons of imagined warmth.” Again, he stopped, watching the water fall. “Some fall for only a short time. Some fall for years.” He was talking solely of souls now, forgetting the raindrops. “But all fall. In time, all fall. And what comes at the end of the fall, Shiloh? What then?”
She watched the drops pelt the ground. “They die and fade away.”
― Michayla Roth, Quest