"A long time ago, in a market town by a looping river, there lived an orphan girl called Plain Kate." Chapter 1, pg. 6

"The stranger was white. His hair was white-gray like bleached wood, his eyes white-silver like tin, his skin was white as if he were a day dead." Chapter 2, pg. 15

"Roamers were wanderers; they lived in tents and traveled from town to town, trading, singing for supper, telling fortunes. Begging, sometimes. Stealing, people said." Chapter 3, pg. 20

"Despite what Drina said, it turned out you could go the Roamer way without riding. Mostly, you walked." Chapter 5, pg. 45

"So much had happened, but no time had passed." Chapter 7, pg. 78

"Rye Baro looked at her, long and careful. 'Child,' he said, 'you have no shadow.'" Chapter 8, pg. 90

"She rocked like a cradle. There was a chuck, chuck like a dove or waves on a dock. Plain Kate woke...