The Oaks Remain Quotes

“It begins at the end, for it is the end that begins it all.”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“This was becoming an increasingly common fixture here on campus, students protesting some sort of perceived injustice. It wasn't too surprising; righteous indignation was practically the calling card of a college student. They were experts at single-mindedly championing any cause they saw as deserving, but having few practical ideas on how to really change things.”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“Mmmhmmm," Mother's delicate hands touched both sides of his cheeks as she spoke, "I do. Your name means 'to give' or 'gift'. Like giving a gift, or it means you are a gift." Then she tapped his nose, "I wonder...what have you been given or what might you have to give?" She looked directly at me, and I knew she mean the question for me as well.”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“Who are you to decide the price for life?”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“I swallowed and bit my lower lip, "Maybe freedom is never truly free, as they say," I said into his green eyes, "it comes with a price, and sooner or later, time will come to collect its toll.”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“Maybe it was more about finding who I was in relation to the Simulacrum-to the blood inside of me- and less about finding myself in relation to who I wanted to be. Maybe I had gotten those two things mixed up along the way”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“The Eiani cleansed, refreshed, and rejuvenated me. In order to heal, it first had to burn away the dead, consume the decay, then force new life where death had once resided”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain

“My hope is that you will see this book for what it is...a conversation about the core questions that call us into humanity. Who am I? What am I? Who created me? What is my purpose? This is the story about the journey through the mysteries that make up the depths of life.”
― Julia J. Gibbs, The Oaks Remain