Turning Darkness Into Light Quotes

“If you read the translation, know this: it is a work in progress. All such things are. Other scholars will come along, armed with a better comprehension of the language, other texts, the evidence of archaeology, and they will refine our words, or replace them entirely. We once thought that southern Anthiope was the homeland of my people; now we know it was their second home, as the Sanctuary we live in today is the third. We should not lament this alteration in our knowledge, but celebrate it. Our understanding should always change, always grow—even when that means the necessary destruction of what we knew before.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“Consider what story you want to tell. Consider what tale should embody the spirit of our age, when people look back on this time. Will it be the tale of domination that some today sought to write? Or will it be the harmony whose passing my ancient brother immortalized in clay and gold?”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“The questions of faith that consume me are no abstract philosophical matter. I see their implications at work all around me.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“Though I may think of this in terms of theology, we cannot attribute all evil and ill-will to the power beneath the earth. Just s friendship is a human thing, so too is the earl's malice.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“The questions of faith that consume me arena abstract philosophical matter. I see their implications at work all around me.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“This edition will also carry a new title. Formerly known as The Draconeia (a name assigned to it by Lord Gleinleigh), it will now be issued under the title Turning Darkness Into Light. It will be available for sale on 13 Nebulis, only one week after the original intended date.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light

“I wish it could have been otherwise. But in the end … this is part of our past, whether we are proud to admit it or not. Whatever our place is to be in the world, it must be a place we can claim with honesty, not one we slip into on the basis of a lie.”
― Marie Brennan, Turning Darkness Into Light