A White Heron Awe Quotes

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Quote #10

She remembers how the white heron came flying through the golden air and how they watched the sea and the morning together, and Sylvia cannot speak (2.13)

Sylvia returns transformed. She is awed and humbled by the things she just witnessed and can no longer even consider betraying the white heron. In many ways, she has just had a religious experience—her god just happens to be nature.