Wakenhyrst Quotes

“DEATH freezes everything. Whatever you did or didn’t do, whatever you said or left unsaid: none of that is ever going to change. You have no more chances to say sorry or make things right. No more chances for anything except regret.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“Three weeks after New Year, she lost her faith. It happened quite suddenly. She simply woke up and it was gone. As she lay in bed it occurred to her that between religion and superstition there was no difference, since both were based on unreason. To kill a man to redeem the sins of others was as irrational as tapping a hole in one's eggshell to stop a witch using it as a boat.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“The reeds stood tall and dead: I had the oddest feeling they wanted me gone. The light was failing. I caught a swampy smell of decay. Behind me something rustled and I saw the reeds part for some unseen creature. I thought: No wonder Maud’s mad. All her life in a place like this?”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.’ VOLTAIRE”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“This is what your faith means, she told Miss Broadstairs silently. You can dress it up with cherubs if you wish, but the man who painted this picture was rather more honest. He knew that it all boils down to a threat to keep people in line. That sketchy promise of Heaven if you do what you're told - and the certainty of endless torture if you don't. Take that, peasant. Now back to the fields and don't even think about improving your lot.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

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― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

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― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“A bee bumped against the wall.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst

“This is what your faith means, she told Miss Broadstairs silently. You can dress it up with cherubs if you wish, but the man who painted this picture was rather more honest. He knew that it all boils down to a threat to keep people in line. That sketchy promise of Heaven if you do what you’re told – and the certainty of endless torture if you don’t. Take that, peasants. Now back to the fields and don’t even think about improving your lot.”
― Michelle Paver, Wakenhyrst