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The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3) QUOTES

The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3) QUOTES

1 " I realised Larkin was crying. It shook me to see it. And, though I know what you’re thinking, it didn’t diminish him in any way. I’d known from the first moment I saw him he was an emotionally vulnerable man. He didn’t falter in his duty for a moment. He kept up the pace, covered all the angles he was asked to. He didn’t even seem to be aware that he was crying. But he wept. "

― Dan Abnett , The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3)

2 " Time seemed to slow down and stretch out, like a quiet, slow passage in a piece of music. It occurred to me then that I could never be a soldier. The waiting would kill me. It’s ironic, I know. I can spend months on a work, whole weeks minutely carving some tiny part of it. I am obsessive with detail, and never care how long it takes to get something perfect, because the success of the whole might depend on one small part. "

― Dan Abnett , The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3)

3 " The distinction between trade and warfare is seen only by those who have no experience of either. "

― Dan Abnett , The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3)

4 " They liked black ironwork here on Pyrites. They made everything out of it. Even the beer, judging by the taste. "

― Dan Abnett , The Founding (Gaunt's Ghosts #1-3)