"She could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it."
Part 1: Chap. 1, p. 3

"The young Aerin had worshipped Talat, her father's fierce war-stallion, with his fine lofty head and high tail."
Part 1: Chap. 3, p. 21

"But there was no glamour in dragon-hunting."
Part 1: Chap. 4, p. 31

"Aerin peeled out of her fancy clothes and fancy manners and pelted off to the barns at the first opportunity, and thought no more about weddings."
Part 1: Chap. 6, p. 53

"On her eighteenth birthday there was a banquet for the first sol, despite all she could do to prevent it."
Part 1: Chap. 7, p. 57

"Talat was not going to walk into a bonfire and stand there till she told him to come out again."
Part 1: Chap. 9, p. 81

"The second dragon-slaying went better than had the first." Part 1: Chapter 11, pg. 101

"The dragon's fiery blood fountained out and covered...