Dragon's Kin Quotes
"In early morning light I see, a distant dragon come to me."
"Watch-wher, watch-wher in the night, guard our Hold, keep it right. When the morning sun does come, watch-wher, then your job is done."
"I am too big to cry and my voice is too shy to sing my sad, sad song or say the words I long to say to you – goodbye, goodbye."
"It was normal, Kindan had heard the grown-ups say, not to go back to the mines until after all the bodies were recovered and the funerals had taken place."
"‘If someone had driven a pick right into a pocket and made a spark, it’d all be over before the watch-wher could react,’ Natalon argued."
"‘A secret’s a bad thing when it can be used to hurt others, or when it hides a hurt,’ Master Zist said."
"I can’t imagine how it must have been for you. But I can guess that you were probably the last to get seconds … or dessert."
"We preserve knowledge. We help with the healers."
"‘Because sometimes they are the only thing some people can truly call their own,’ Master Zist answered."
"‘You can’t tell when they’re first born,’ Nuella went on. ‘Sometimes it’s years before they lose their sight.’"
"‘We’re better off without ’em.’ There was a pause. ‘But it bothers me that Natalon’s so keen on having one.’"
"Cromcoal, Cromcoal, burning bright. Warm the cold of winter’s night."
"Without a watch-wher, we haven’t a chance of knowing where the ground’s good or not."
"It’s not as though you could do all your old work and look after a new hatchling, too, you know."
"The night shift only sees a Gather on a restday. You can’t be at Gathers and in the mines at the same time."
"You see pretty with the heart, not with the eyes, you know."
"Thread is voracious – Kindan knew that as well as any child in the camp. The Teaching Ballads said it would eat anything organic – flesh or coal."
"She’s nice, she’s a waste of time, they all are."
"Everyone who ever went into the mines was taught to wear a hard hat as a matter of reflex."
"You’ve heard how badly the Camp needs another watch-wher."
"When you get to my age, Natalon, you learn to take things as they come."
"Kindan felt for the dowels at the top and bottom of the door, and slid them back."
"‘I think we’re at the door,’ he said not long after, when his pacing told him they should be there."
"You never know when someone might be out there."
"‘Secrets like to be free,’ Nuella quoted in agreement."
"‘What we were wondering, old friend,’ Master Zist said to the dragonrider, ‘is whether there is any lore gathered in the Weyrs that might help us in training Kisk, here.’"
"‘I wish I could say the same with Gaminth,’ M’tal sighed feelingly."
"Watch-wher, watch-wher, guard us all_ With your dragon-summoning call."
"Harper, harper, sing me a song_. Give me a tune that lasts all day long."
"I'm going to see Kindan. I'm going to rescue my father."
"I won't stop until we get them out, alive or dead."
"You're late. I thought I was going to have to come find you myself."
"Don't I know it? Who do you think checks on ‘em to make sure they’re still safe?"