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Skyward (Skyward, #1) QUOTES

Skyward (Skyward, #1) QUOTES

1 " Wir dürfen uns nicht ins Dunkel kauern, bloß weil wir Angst vor dem Funken in unserem Inneren haben. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

2 " Good night, sweet prince,” M-Bot whispered as the junk crashed to the ground. “Or princess. Or, most likely, genderless piece of inanimate space junk. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

3 " When this is done, Jerkface, I will hold your tarnished and melted pin up as my trophy as your smoldering ship marks your pyre, and the final resting place of your crushed and broken corpse!"
- Spensa, pg. 64 "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

4 " You get to choose who you are. Legacy, memories of the past, can serve us well. But we cannot let them define us. When heritage becomes a box instead of an inspiration, it has gone too far. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

5 " We'll fight so well, the Krell will raise lamentations to the sky like smoke above a pyre, crying in desperation at our advent! "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

6 " Thus you know the fury of my anger, fell beast. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

7 " Hello?’ M-Bot said. ‘Spensa? Are you dead?’
‘Maybe.’
‘Oooh. Like the cat!’
‘...What?’
‘I’m not sure, honestly,’ M-Bot said. ‘But logically, if you’re speaking to me then possibility has collapsed in our favor. Hurray! "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

8 " A pox of unique human diseases--many of which cause an uncomfortable swelling--come upon you! "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

9 " Spensa, I hear no more footfalls. Have you temporary stopped being bipedal? "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

10 " Не бива да се таим в мрака, защото се страхуваме от искрата у нас. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

11 " People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether people in them actually lived? "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

12 " It has always seemed to me that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

13 " Sometimes, the answers we need don't match the questions we're asking." He looked up at me. "And sometimes, the coward makes fools of wiser men. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

14 " And the warrior’s way was not to run from failure, but to own up to it and do better. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

15 " So . . . ," I said. "You're saying that by the end of our training, you expect us to be able to use grappling hooks made of energy to smash our enemies with flaming chunks of space debris?"
"Yes."
"That . . . ," I whispered, "that's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

16 " You have large twin destructor emitters on each wing, along with a light-lance turret underneath. That’s as much firepower as our larger ships. You’re a warship.”
“Clearly not,” M-Bot said. “I’m here to categorize fungi. Didn’t you listen to my last orders? I am not supposed to get into fights.”
“Then why do you have guns?”
“For shooting large and dangerous beasts who might be threatening my fungus specimens,” M-Bot said. “Obviously. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

17 " You," he said, "are amazing. Everything about my life has been planned out. Careful. It makes sense. I understand it. Then there's you. You ignore my authority. You follow your feelings. You talk like some Valkyrie from a scudding ballad! I should hate you. And yet..." He squeezed my shoulder. "And yet, when you fly, you are amazing. You're so determined, so skillful, so passionate. You're a fire, Spin. When everyone else is calm, you're a burning bonfire. Beautiful, like a newly forged blade." . "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

18 " I’d be offended if I could be offended,” he said. “Maybe I should start calling you a cow, since you have four limbs, are made of meat, and have rudimentary biological mental capacities. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

19 " Tremble and fear, all enemies!” he shouted. “For we shall shake the air with thunder and blood! Your doom is imminent! "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)

20 " People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. "

― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)