Michelle Paver

“Toark woke with a jolt from a sleep he'd never meant to have.”

— Michelle Paver

Men like that - when they know they won't be found out - they will do anything.

— Michelle Paver

“You cannot go and warn him," Saeunn said sternly. "It is too late. You would never find him." "I know," said Renn…

— Michelle Paver

A man crawls into a tomb to die. A boy crawls in to live. You think that's chance?

— Michelle Paver

Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.

— Michelle Paver

“Choas errupted amoung the watchers. They didn't think it was over at all. "He cheated! He used fire!" "No, he won fairly…

— Michelle Paver

“This was the wrong way because - because it wasn't the right way.”

— Michelle Paver

“Have you forgotten," she said in a furious whisper, "that he nearly killed us? That he threw my quiver in the stream,…

— Michelle Paver

There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.

— Michelle Paver

Sometimes there's no warning. Nothing at all.

— Michelle Paver

Vengeance burns,Torak." said Fin-Kedinn as the river bore him away. "It burns your heart. It makes the pain worse. Dont let that…

— Michelle Paver

“If you're warm enough when you set out, you're wearing too many clothes.”

— Michelle Paver

“ "So I've got to find a mountiain that nobody's ever seen. And work out the answer to a riddle that nobody's…

— Michelle Paver

Fear is the loneliest feeling. You can be in a throng of people, but if you're afraid, you're on your own.

— Michelle Paver

How odd, that light should prevent one from seeing.

— Michelle Paver

“Run, Torak! The bear...is...possessed...”

— Michelle Paver

“Moving closer to the edge, I peered down. The water was glassy green, extraordinarily clear. I experienced the feeling I sometimes get…

— Michelle Paver