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21 " In great ceremony they entered the prison.They were never to be seen again. "
― Catherine Fisher , Incarceron (Incarceron, #1)
22 " . . . or is it that man contains within himself the seeds of evil? That even if he is placed in a paradise perfectly formed for him he will poison it, slowly, with his own jealousies and desires? "
23 " They came out. They were children. They wore rags and their skin was livid with sores. Their veins were tubes, their hair wire. Sapphique reached out and touched them.'You are the ones who will save us,' he said. "
24 " Down the endless halls of quiltMy silver thread of tears is split.My fingerbone the key that brokeMy blood the oil that smooth the lock. "
25 " Only the man who knows freedom can define his prison. "
26 " You are my father, Incarceron.I was born from your pain.Bone of steel; circuits for veins.My heart a vault of iron. "
27 " Do you seek the key to Incarceron?Look inside yourself. It has always been hidden there.- The mirror of dreams to Sapphique "
28 " She wanted to lift it. But first she ran Jared’s disc cautiously over its surface. Nothing. She glanced around once. Everything was quiet. So she picked up the key. The room crashed. Alarms howled; rays of laserfire shot up from the floor, ringing her in a cage of red light. A metal grille slammed over the door; hidden lights burst on and she stood frozen in the uproar in terror, her heart slamming in her chest, and in that instant the disc jabbed a pepperpoint of red pain urgently into her thumb. She glanced down at it. Jared’s message was breathless with terror. "
29 " Who can chart the vastness of Incarceron?Its halls viaducts, its chasms?Only the man who has known freedomCan define his prison. "
30 " No one has entered since. We know about the Wombs too, though not where they are. Incarceron is efficient; it was designed to be. It doesn’t waste dead matter, but recycles everything. In those cells it grows new inmates. Perhaps animals too. "
31 " There is a door we know, a tiny, secret door...- legends of sapphique "
32 " Everyone has memories, Finn. Your prophecies are what matter. The visions that descend on you are the great gift and strangeness of the Starseer. They’re unique. The people know that, the slaves and the warband, even Jormanric.It’s in the way they look at you. Sometimes they fear you. "
33 " What use is one key among a billion prisoners? "
34 " You will spend years in hopeless traveling, searching, and all for nothing! Find a place to live, learn peace instead. Forget the stars. "
35 " It had silenced Jormanric in mid-fury, had made the hairs on his own skin prickle with terror. The Prison was alive. It was cruel and careless, and he was Inside it. "