How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"We of the Circle are planted only loosely within Time. The doors are a way through it, in any direction we may choose. For all times co-exist, and the future can sometimes affect the past, even though the past is a road that leads to the future." (3.176)
Merriman explains the system to Will and, um, it's complicated. You know that fancy watch you like to wear? It's useless to the Old Ones because they don't have to stick within the confines of time like ordinary people do. Yep, that just blew Will's mind.
Quote #2
"The Walker? He has been waiting for you to be born, and to stand alone with him and command the Sign from him, for time past your imagining." (4.95)
Did anyone else just get the chills? The book is so big on knowing the future, we even have a whole theme dedicated to it (check out "Fate vs. Free Will" to read more). Since time is all intertwined in this book, one character's future is another character's past. Whoa.
Quote #3
"He feels nothing," said Merriman. "Not a muscle will even grow stiff. Some small powers the Old Ones and the people of the Dark have in common, and one of them is this catching a man out of Time, for as long as is necessary. Or in the case of the Dark, for as long as they find it amusing." (4.109)
Basically the Old Ones hit pause any time they want to have a conversation without the humans hearing them. Wouldn't it be cool if we, too, could stop people in time without any negative side effects? It's a pretty awesome trick to keep up your sleeve.