The Whispering Trees Quotes

“Why destroy the World when you can watch the World destroy itself?”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees

“There can be no redemption for me . . . unless you can restore all the children whose lives I stole back to the way they were. Can you do that, wexari?" Her face brightened with a brief glimmer of hope. "Can you make everything go back to the way it was?" "I can't," Kara said softly. "No one can." "You world, though," Mary said, "if it were within your power to do so. Perhaps that's enough. And perhaps I can still offer you a tiny bit of help in return.”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees

“You're not like that anymore! I know you! The real you! You helped us! You're good! The witch who did all those terrible things is gone forever!" There was a long silence. And then, from deep within the shadows, came a hoarse response: "Are you so sure?”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees

“Believe you have the power to change the world, and you will. Forget the Forest Demon. Doubt is your greatest enemy right now.”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees

“Possibility is not universal, Kara. It's a matter of ability.”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees

“Stories are just stories," Kara said. "People used to speak ill of me all the time. Doesn't make it true." "Sometimes lies do grow in the telling," Mary said. Then she leaned forward, her gray eyes flickering in the firelight. "But in my particular case, everything you've heard is true. Every unimaginable horror happened just the way the talespinners say. It's important you know that, Kara Westfall.”
― J.A. White, The Whispering Trees