“More than anything else, Kiyoaki thought, more than Princess Chan, the emerald ring, their friends, their school, perhaps what the princes had needed had been sunshine. It seemed that summer had the power to heal all frustrations, soothe every grief, restore their lost happiness.”
“I knew what it was to yearn for a life so distant it seemed that it had never been anything more than a dream.”
“What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else—a friend with special knowledge.”
“Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine”
“In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.”
“The old world had been consumed with the search for More Stuff. Now there was more stuff than anyone could ever use, and little or none of anything else.”