#the bonefall oracles

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A HIDDEN PLACE: Walls of straw, walls of hair Each room can hold three breaths Each breath an hour

from The Bonefall Oracles

- Tad Williams, Shadowmarch, chapter 6

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THE LOUD VOICE: In a snail shell house Beneath a root, where the sapphire lies The clouds lean close, listening

From The Bonefall Oracles

- Tad Williams, Shadowmarch, chapter 5

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THE LAMP: The flame is her fingers The leaping is her eye as the rain is the cricket's song All can be foretold

From The Bonefall Oracles

- Tad Williams, Shadowmarch, chapter 4

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THE NARROWING WAY: Under stone there is earth Under earth there are stars; under stars, shadow Under shadow are all the things that are known

from The Bonefall Oracles,

out of the Qar’s Book of Regret

- Tad Williams, Shadowmarch, chapter 1