The Dreamstone, Book One : The Gruagach, Ch. 1 : Of Fish and Fire
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Things whispered here, and the trees muttered with the wind and perhaps with other things. Men knew the place was old, old as the world, and they never made peace with it.
— C. J. Cherryh
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Source: Wikiquote: "C. J. Cherryh" (Quotes, Arafel's Saga (1983): An earlier edition of the Ealdwood Stories in The Dreaming Tree (1997) )
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About C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh (born Carolyn Janice Cherry on 1 September 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
About C. J. Cherryh
C. J. Cherryh (born Carolyn Janice Cherry on 1 September 1942) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
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