The Crescent Stone Quotes

“When the stars and the moon met, a song began among the moonside Kakri. “Where is the fountain which brought joy to the city, clean and clear at its heart?” There were no instruments, just voices. The starside Kakri answered, also in song, “It has been carried away, the water spilled to the sand, the water given to the sun.” The song, beautiful and strange, reached out to Jason like the tendrils of a plant opening in the morning dew. He felt himself alive, transported, and filled with a deep, melancholy sadness.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“One of the Peasant King’s followers, a knight in his service, said to him, “My lord, where are you going?” The Peasant King replied, “Why, to meet Death. Would you go with me, Sir Knight?” FROM “THE TRIUMPH OF THE PEASANT KING,” A SCIM LEGEND”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“Jason had never followed a hummingbird into a disgusting sewer before, and so far he did not like it.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“During the storm, hope. After the storm, peace. A KAKRI PROVERB”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“In the desert there is no room for a lie, Jason. You must walk either with truth or with death.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“It is said a crow came to my ancestor and taught her to live in this new land, the desert. Others in the city denied this offer, for it was too much to humble themselves to a bird. They could not learn from such a lowly creature. But my ancestor believed it was no shame to walk with crows. So were born the Kakri, the ones who left the city and embraced the desert as our home.”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone

“The other treasures we have given the knight to steward over the decades are of more value. The Sword of Years, perhaps, or the Ascension Robe. Have you heard those names?” “Never,” Madeline said, sipping her own tea. “The Memory Stone? The Mask of Passing? The Disenthraller?”
― Matt Mikalatos, The Crescent Stone