Nerilka's Story Quotes

“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

“Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

“It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

“How old is too old when you've a right knack with the sick?”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

“I had the added assurance of knowing I was buffered against catching the disease that I nursed, so sometimes Macabir's praise of my courage on this count embarrassed me. Then a journeyman healer walked boldly into the camp bearing sufficient serum to inoculate everyone.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story