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101 " I was wrong though. The hike was longer than I had remembered, and I did manage to get lost. So I was wandering down there, imagining the glory of the awesome battle happening above, when my father infamously broke ranks and fled from the enemy. His own flight shot him down in retribution. By the time I got home, the battle had been won, my father was gone.And I'd been branded the daughter of a coward. "
― Brandon Sanderson , Skyward (Skyward, #1)
102 " Maybe you saw me there when you glanced at the rest of the room, to see what people look like when they actually have to work to get things.” He drew his lips to a line. It seemed I’d touched a nerve. Excellent. First blood. "
103 " 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. "
104 " Arrogant son of a supernova. "
105 " That,” Cobb said, “was somehow the most embarrassing and inspiring display I’ve ever seen out of cadets! You should be ashamed. And proud. "
106 " Most people make themselves look bad. I just stand to the side and don’t get in the way. "
107 " Remember, obedience is defiance. "
108 " We were supposed to be Defiant. "
109 " That music the water makes,” she said. “Isn’t it the most wonderful sound ever?” “The most wonderful sound ever is the lamentations of my enemies, screaming my name toward the heavens with ragged, dying voices. "
110 " People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that’s the case, then what does it matter whether the people in them actually lived? "
111 " His brothers, Spin. They’re wingmates, Nightstorm Six and Seven. "
112 " —¡Solo un bobo creería que las armas son más importantes que la estrategia y el movimiento! —exclamó la yaya—. "
113 " But we don’t have to be like that,” Hurl continued. “That’s what I realized. A little fear, a little history, those things don’t mean anything. Only what we do means anything. "
114 " If you can’t arrive early, at least arrive before you’re late.’ "
115 " This is your heritage. The heritage of warriors who traveled the sky, and will return to the sky. "
116 " We won’t be expected to do any of that tonight,” Kimmalyn said. “Since we’re sick. It will be fun, Spin! We can stay up all night talking.”“About what?” I asked.“Normal things,” FM said, shrugging.What was normal? “Like . . . guys?”“Stars, no,” Hurl said, sitting up and pulling something off her headboard. She held up a sketchbook filled with little drawings of ships going through patterns. “Flight strategies! "
117 " Hello?” M-Bot said. “Spensa? Are you dead?” “Maybe.” “Oooh. Like the cat! "
118 " give indication that the process is continuing, as humans quickly grow bored without auditory stimulation. "
119 " I am a machine, and my conclusions are therefore logical—while yours are biased by organic irrationality. "
120 " All right, all right. No need to get grouchy just because I insulted you. "