All that shameless groveling. No wonder 'Kerala wanted him to go. This was his punishment, a conclusion clearer than anything he'd witnessed since leaving Mira III. Would his father do that? Of course, he would. That's what parents were for.

— Marcha A. Fox

Dark rumblings inside told him he was in a tremendous amount of trouble. He didn't know how it was going to manifest or when but it was coming, sure as Zeta would break the horizon before everyone else arose from their sleep zone. If they hauled him away, then what?

— Marcha A. Fox

Dirk's thoughts wandered to Creeley. It was a good thing she wasn't there, or she'd die, too. He shuddered to think of how she'd feel when she got back and everyone was dead. He'd never see her again and there was so much he wanted to tell her. Now he'd never have a chance.

— Marcha A. Fox

Flames of outrage and reprisal had likewise made a comeback, his nearly forgotten, silent heritage no longer hidden by thirty years of compliance. Instead, the fire grew, unmitigated by training, logic or reason.

— Marcha A. Fox

He could have a break at last, albeit a short one, one he sorely needed. And with that appealing thought he further squelched the subconscious screams, true message lost in the deceptive world of emotion and will.

— Marcha A. Fox

I do, 'Drama,' Deven piped up. 'I know exactly what she means. We need to send them love and see them coming home in our mind. If we wish and believe we can be together again.'' Yas!' said Zahra strongly. 'Young one has knowing. You must that do!

— Marcha A. Fox

In one timeless instant a complex impression, not of knowledge but of feeling, penetrated her awareness like an indelible dream. An imprint of evil and a preponderance of good, both crying that somehow it was meant to be. Then nothing, only the cold apathy of deepest space.

— Marcha A. Fox

Jen's emotions, strong but invisible within an infallible Iran facade, raged with contempt. He'd met the man responsible for such despicable exploitation of his brother's life onboard the Aquarius. He didn't like him then. He hated him now.

— Marcha A. Fox

Loneliness struck again, its force doubled by how much she wished it was her family there instead. Then oddly enough, she met the boy's stare and that feeling came again, that this was her family.

— Marcha A. Fox

Matter and energy are equivalent, according to the equation E=mc2, where E stand for energy, m for mass and c for the speed of light,' 'Kerala explained. 'Matter can't be transported at the speed of light but energy can. Therefore, during a time shift transformation, matter is converted to energy then condenses back. In other words all the molecules in your body have been changed from matter to energy then back again.'' Wow. It's a wonder it's not fatal,' Dirk said.' Sometimes it is. If any transcription errors occur between the DNA and RNA in your vital organs you're all but dead.

— Marcha A. Fox