The Myst Reader Quotes

“Yes, and for all his bluster about making D’ni great again, he had forgotten precisely what it was that had made the D’ni extraordinary. The reason why their empire had lasted for so long. It was not their power, nor the fact that they had once ruled a million worlds, it was their restraint, their astonishing humility.”
― Rand Miller, The Myst Reader

“consider the balance of good and ill that exists in all men, and try to imagine in what circumstances that balance could be tilted either way—toward great good, or toward the kind of behavior Veovis displayed toward the society that spurned him.”
― Rand Miller, The Myst Reader

“Power can be given overnight, but responsibility must be taught. Long years go into its making.”
― Rand Miller, The Myst Reader

“I’ve been working on something,” she said, as if she hadn’t heard him. “I wanted to surprise you.” Catherine turned and handed him the book. Atrus stared at her, then, when she said no more, took the book over to the desk, sat and opened it. For a while he was silent, the sound of a turning page the only noise in that great chamber. Then, with a little shake of his head, he looked up. “What is this?” She stepped up next to him, looking down at the open pages. “I’ve written us an Age. Somewhere we can go. I’ve named it Myst.”
― Rand Miller, The Myst Reader