P.J. Parker

Quotes

• “The Sun Dagger appeared on the rock face directly above the Shaman’s shadowed head. It dazzled within the shade as the s...”
• “Rainbow Cloud strode forward like a hunting cat with the same strength of height and broad shoulders, the same rolling g...”
• “He pushed a finger through the surface of the water to trace the outline of her mouth. Ethereal bits of flesh floated lo...”
• “I have created something and let it loose upon the world. Whether it was my right to do so or not, I cannot say. At time...”
• “Thunderbird ascended on the heady currents of air that bore her high above the vast landscape of Túwaqachi. She stretche...”
• “We live in a complicated society, Bromley—one that is changing and which does indeed need to change. But do you not thin...”
• “There were no stars, only the darkness and an arctic chill that had intensified since the first thin, blood-red stripes ...”
• “The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected be...”
• “For whom do you cry, my son?” the Great Spirit asked.“I do not know.”“Yes, you do.”
• “Do not fret, my brother, my child. For the buffalo will roam the plains once more.”
• “This is a time of change,” the Shaman said. “This is a time of enormous power.”
• “We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able.”
• “Do you understand the meaning of the soil beneath your feet?”
• “West Point—The Key to the Continent and Independence.”
• “We the People . . . The People of the Long House.”
• “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal.”
• “The Sleepin’ Fox Catches No Poultry.”
• “The Day of Trouble is Near”