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Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8) QUOTES

Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8) QUOTES

1 " It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others. "

― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)

2 " To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. "

― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)

3 " Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them. "

― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)

4 " I had the added assurance of knowing I was buffered against catching the disease that I nursed, so sometimes Macabir's praise of my courage on this count embarrassed me. Then a journeyman healer walked boldly into the camp bearing sufficient serum to inoculate everyone. "

― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)

5 " How old is too old when you've a right knack with the sick? "

― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)