“Fred prepared a board game he had created for the entire family to play. And they did.”

“Were board games named board games because most of the time you played them when you were bored? Hmm.”

“It was once stated that God didn't play with dice, but then I discovered that most of the Gods did play with dice. However, they didn't see Destiny playing chess the entire time behind them. They never stood a chance, seeing that Destiny was on both sides of the board.”

“Gods play games with the fates of men. But first they have to get all the pieces on the board and look all over the place for the dice.”

“If Cassie was invalidated because she caught the disease, or because Fred suspected her of it, I can only imagine what he will do to me and to my family if he discovers that the cure did not work perfectly.”

“The game had to be played the same way every day or the pieces would fall to the floor, the board would collapse, and the illusion that you were shaping your own life, that you were in control, would break.”