| A | B |
|---|
| Katrina | "You were one day old, not yet named your one-syllable infant name-" page 4 |
| Katrina | "Your father had been taken by beasts." page 6 |
| Katrina | "Still they made me promise that you would not become a burden" page 6 |
| Matt | "Your cott is horrid burnt,"page 9 |
| Matt | "I tried to save things but it's mostly all burnt." page 9 |
| Vandera | "Your space is gone. It's mine now. those saplilngs are mine." page 15 |
| Vandera | "I will take her to the Council of Guardians then" page 17 |
| Vandera | "I remember what it was like...to see your own blood pour on the ground." page 18 |
| Kira | "Please appoint a defender," page 30 |
| Jamison | "I was with the hunting party that day," he said. "I saw him taken." page 35 |
| Jamison | "As defender, I am going to concede some of these points." page 36 |
| Matt | "Later we be starting your cott if you want." page 39 |
| Katrina | "she has a skill far greater than mine." page 42 |
| chief guardian | "The orphan girl Kira will stay. She will have a new role." page 48 |
| Vandera | "You will fail. Then they will kill you." page 49 |
| Matt | "Me and Branch, we don't go into the room because of the wee buggies." page 60 |
| Thomas | "not long after, my parents were both killed during a storm." page 70 |
| Matt | "I only look wee." page 77 |
| Annabella | "You liken your mum," page 80 |
| Annabella | "You must come here each day. Your must learn all the plants." page 81 |
| Thomas | "I could write the names for you, Kira," page 88 |
| Kira | "I'll need a place to grow a color garden," page 91 |
| Thomas | "And there's a large place at the top that has never been carved. Eventually I'll be doing that..." page 92 |
| Thomas | "They're only tykes. There are too many of them anyway." page 99 |
| Matt | "Looky here! I've got me a manly pelt!" page 101 |
| Matt | "You're drownding me!" page 103 |
| Matt | "You would've drownded me but I fought so fierce." page 103 |
| Annabella | "There be no beasts," page 110 |
| Jamison | "After this year's Gathering... you'll have this entire section to work on for years to come." page 110 |
| Jo | "Please, I want me mum," page 136 |
| Jo | "They always be making me learn new ones." page 150 |
| Matt's brother | "He be getting you some blue!" page 165 |
