How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Make no mistake about that. Any great gift or power or talent is a burden, and this more than any, and you will often long to be free of it. But there is nothing to be done. If you were born with the gift, then you must serve it, and nothing in this world or out of it may stand in the way of that service, because that is why you were born and that is the Law." (3.58)
Bad news: Being able to travel through time and having magical abilities isn't all it's cracked up to be. Merriman and the Lady make sure to explain to Will—in no uncertain terms—just what a burden all that power can be. Before long, Will has first-hand experience with what they mean.
Quote #2
"Your birth, Will, completed a circle that has been growing for four thousand years in every oldest part of this land: the circle of the Old Ones. Now that you have come into your power, your task is to make that circle indestructible." (3.59)
Merriman is never one to sugarcoat it. He's all business, so when he tells Will about his power as an Old One, he makes sure to inform the guy of what this all means for the rest of them, too. Now that Will has power, he needs to learn how to use it properly so the rest of them can gain momentum, too.
Quote #3
Then as the rector and Paul turned to walk through the nave, he saw both of them pause in the same instant, and their heads go up like the heads of wild deer on the alert. It was too late now; the voice of the Dark was so loud that even humans could sense its power. (8.112)
In the church, even the humans can sense the Dark's power; it's so powerful that people are aware of its presence even if they don't know what it is. That's pretty powerful.