Aurae Quotes
8"My people believe only the dust knows the weight of Golden boots better than Reds and Pinks."
Light Bringer, ch. 4: Darrow: The Sordid Affair, p. 31
"I am a Pink. I humor everyone.” She doesn’t sound bitter about it. “We all have our survival mechanisms, Darrow. I am and always have been air. Until now you could afford to be a rock. You didn’t have to change or alter course. Now you are cracking. That is a good thing. If you wish to be repaired…"
Light Bringer, ch. 6: Darrow: Mortal Concerns, p. 49
"It is a master’s nature to want, just as it is a servant’s nature to provide. This does not mean the master does not provide. This does not mean a servant does not want."
Light Bringer, ch. 6: Darrow: Mortal Concerns, p. 49
"It was Athena who told me there is no home for those born slaves. Only a prison the master tricked you into calling home. The true home for a slave is in dreams. Except on Mars where slaves make dreams real. I always found that a beautiful thought."
Light Bringer, ch. 35: Darrow: Winds of Duty, p. 280
"I believe a man can walk out of his own darkness"
Light Bringer, ch. 39: Darrow: Under the Golden Gaze, p. 325
"Ares was a warrior. Athena is…a builder."
Light Bringer, ch. 42: Lyria: Rat in the Machine, p. 346
"When life springs forth, death follows behind,” interrupts Aurae, quoting from the book. “When goodness is found, evil is close at hand…” “The path straddles the boundary between these things,” I reply."