Quotes From "Treason" By S.M. Boyce

Where are we? -BraedenIn the deepest part of your mind, where Carden can never find you. It's the goodness you've developed despite everything, the kindness and love you're capable of even though you were born to kill. Hide here with me, and he'll never find us. -Kara S.M. Boyce

I wonder sometimes if I'm not, after all, a piece in some other player's game, following blindly his grand designs without ever knowing that my path along the board is only a feint, while the important matters are played out elsewhere by other men. But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: To see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost. When a life spins out as joyfully as mine has done, then the price, one paid so painfully, is now recalled in gladness. I have received full value. Here among the shepherds, my cup is filled with the water of life; it overflows. Orson Scott Card

My master wishes to see you, " said the mounted man." When the planting's done, " I said." Lord Barton is unaccustomed to waiting."" Then he should rejoice, for he'll learn something new today." I went back to the garden. Soon the servant left. Orson Scott Card

The creatures of human myth flourish in Ourea. Trees are this world's skyscrapers. Magic its currency. And while the rest of Earth forgot what it means to dream big, Ourea kept alive its wonder. S.M. Boyce

I want to see the king, " I said, after explaining who I was." Wonderful, " said the ancient Nkumai who sat on a cushion near the corner pole of the house. "I'm glad for you." That was all, and apparently he meant to say no more. "Why are you so glad?" I asked." Because it's good for every human being to have an unfulfilled wish. It makes all of life so poignant. Orson Scott Card