The Dark Is Rising Coming of Age Quotes

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Quote #10

Will swallowed nervously. An Old One had nothing in the world to fear, nothing. Yet there had been something so strange and awesome about that shadowy figure beneath the giant oak, something that made one feel unnecessary, insignificant, small… He straightened. (12.27)

The Rider comes to fight the Hunter, but this time Will doesn't shriek or run away. He has enough knowledge and power to stand and fight—at least in spirit—right alongside the Hunter. He's come a long way from the guy hiding under the covers at the snow tapping at his window… even if he is still only eleven.