The Way of Light Quotes

“He had followed vague longings out into the city streets and sometimes it seemed to him that a network of light connected all the shrines and churches of Magrast, each emanating a node of radiance that was the high cathedral. As guardian of this light, Madragore’s representative of earth, Gastern checked the lines, and where he perceived a dimming of the brightness he stretched out his hands and soughts to increase it, investing it with his own life force. But now there were too many weak areas for him to cover. Each night, the flaws grew more numerous.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Once he had spoken with the voice of Paraga, but now he was a vessel for all the elements. He was no longer human.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“The Crown was now surrounded by an expanding bubble of indigo light that spat out sparks of brighter purple radiance.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“At once, the essence of the elements swooped down and rushed into him as a bolt of pure energy. His body jerked backward, but he did not fall. He absorbed the essence, his mouth wide in a rictus of agony.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“All the time he had been lying in wait, pretending to be something he wasn’t.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Power was building up around him, living, writhing, hissing power.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“The day he had made his covenant with the cosmos had been the day he had made himself into a channel for higher powers. The dragon daughters were Valraven’s creatures. He had to trust they would act only on his behalf.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“It is not your place to question. You are only a servant of the Light. You must do as we ask. If you refuse, we will act through you in any case, but you may well be lost.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Part of him still cared for the prince. Whatever Almorante might do to other people, he was loyal to Tayven and always would be a conflict of loyalties. But for now, Tayven was prepared to ignore the possible consequences, even though he knew it was unwise. He realized that part of him had rekindled the relationship with Almorante as a form of vengeance on Taropat, which was absurd. When he lay in Almorante’s arms, he wanted Taropat to see it. Sometimes he even tried to project the image across space and time.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“If he were straining at the leash, eager to become the True King, then, paradoxically, he would not be the right candidate. We must woo him carefully.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“My rage scattered us. My rage at Valraven for always getting the better of me, for always meaning everything to everyone, for being the light that I could never be. That is the dark root of it. The rage fed on my terror of being a mere shadow to Valraven’s sun. In denying this fear, I am still blind.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“I will always love you. It’s unconditional. There’s not cost attached, I expected nothing from you, but I hope you can glean a small comfort from it, knowing at least someone in the world cares.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“I have shed my pride, along with many other things during the course of this journey. I’m awake, alive, full of feelings and thoughts. They are mine. I am not ashamed of them. I want to be. I want to be part of this world, not a spectator. I want to be real.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Sometimes feelings flow in directions we’d prefer they didn’t.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“You are like a character from a story, who has strayed from the path, but strives for redemption.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“If a woman knows secret richness touches her flesh, she walks taller.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Her feelings about Taropat and Shan confused her. She was not in love with Shan, but delighted in his body and his friendship. With Taropat, it was another, darker matter. It would be so easy to give in and let the feelings spill out, in all their awful intensity. No matter how much she tried to reason with herself, every day the feelings deepened.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“This is the way of things, she thought. We seek answers and enlightenment, and expect to find it in others, but essentially, it is down to us.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“This was Paraga’s capital and his image appeared on the walls of nearly every building within the citadel. He was a delicate creature with enormous wings like sails. His face was almost feline, with long curling whiskers and enormous eyes with slit pupils.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“She felt dizzy, exhilarated, because a thousand words she had kept tightly within her had been given their freedom, because he had spoken kindly to her.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“I’m not my pain, nor my bitterness. Nothing seems consequential up here. Even Taropat. I see him as a crusty old man, tramping through the dark valleys down there. I’ve escaped him, like a spirit.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“The world is reborn every day, and when I’m part of it, I feel I’m reborn too.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Was this what death was like? A drifting away from the mundane, each silver thread of connection breaking one by one, until earthly life no longer meant anything and the cries of grief that tugged at you became thin and insignificant as the far songs of birds?”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Almorante and I were once very close. Bizarrely, I was assailed by the desire to discuss things with him, as I always used to. I realize I must have missed it.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“You have lost your honey tongue, it seems. Have you no greeting for me after so many years? I grieved for you and searched for you, always hoping you still lived. How crue is fate to give me this reassurance but to put a wasp of a changeling in your place.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Tayven knew a lot about Foy, but seemed ignorant of Misk, Jia, and Thrope. Rav didn’t like the way they made him feel. They belonged to him, yet he felt that he belonged to them.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Rav enjoyed having a hidden life, which others knew nothing about. He looked forward to the meetings in the old dark chamber and the powerful and beautiful words Tatrini was teaching them. He enjoyed the shivery feelings that coursed through his body and made the hairs on his arms stand up.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“We do not know the future, but we can work toward the best possible outcome.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Over the past few weeks, Rav had spent a lot of time in Tayven’s company. He was like an older brother, who always had an answer to every question and never got tired of his queries. Prince Leo had faded in importance since Rav had met Tayven, a fact of which the young prince was well aware. It made him spiteful, but had also encouraged him to spend more time with Rav. It was hard to shake Leo off nowadays. He was nearby, tormenting frogs and newts in the ponds at the end of the hedged walk. Rav could hear him laughing cruelly and splashing about with a stick.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light

“Did the sight of Tayven kindle old memories? Perhaps he was sad to see Tayven had grown from a beautiful fey boy into a man. It could remind him of his own mortality. When Tayven had first gone into Almorante’s service, the prince had been little more than a boy himself.”
― Storm Constantine, The Way of Light