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Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1) QUOTES

Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1) QUOTES

1 " LOOK AROUND. GAME DEAD, RIVERS BLACK, LAND CHOKED WITH WEED. SKIES BLEEDING, RED AS BLOOD. FOR WHAT?
YOUR KIND ARE BLIND. YOU SEE ONLY THE NOW. NEVER THE WILL BE.
BUT SOON YOU WILL. WHEN ALL IS GONE, WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY MONKEY-CHILDREN THAT YOU MURDER FOR A SCRAP OF LAND, A DROP OF CLEAN WATER, THEN YOU WILL SEE. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

2 " Each of you must decide where you stand. All we ask is that you refuse to kneel. You are the people. You have the power. Open your eyes. Open your minds. Then close the fingers on your hand. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

3 " RAIJIN, TAKE ME NOW.

She shot Buruu a withering glance as he rolled over on his back and pawed at the sky.

HAVE MERCY ON ME, FATHER. TAKE MY WINGS. CHAIN ME TO STINKING EARTH. BUT THIS TORTURE I CANNOT ENDURE.

Oh, shut it. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

4 " ENOUGH NOISE. STAND ASIDE. I WILL GUT HIM. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

5 " DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOU MONKEYS. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

6 " You're hungry.
The beast glared.
STAY OUT OF MY MIND, INSECT. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

7 " The thunder tiger looked at her like an avalanche looks at a butterfly. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

8 " It's easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

9 " Dying is easy. Anyone can throw themselves onto the pyre and rest a happy martyr. Enduring the suffering that comes with sacrifice is the real test. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

10 " He's probably out there in the hallway right now, composing bad poetry in his head." Michi cleared her throat, her voice taking on a breathless lilt:

"Pale Fox's Daughter,
Her cherry lips haunt my dreams.
Something, something, breasts... "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

11 " To be a servant can be a noble thing, but only as noble as the master served. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

12 " FEATHERS GROW BACK.... SISTERS DO NOT. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

13 " Tiger proudly roars.
Dragon dives and Phoenix soars.
Fox gets the chicken. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

14 " You lied to me."
"I never lied. I just didn't tell you the whole truth."
"You said you were alone."
"I am alone."
"There's hundreds of you. Maybe thousands. You and your 'family' are everywhere."
"Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there." -Yukiko and Kin "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

15 " Wait," he whispered.

But she didn't. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

16 " A conscience is easier to swallow on an empty belly, simpler to swing with a broken wrist "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

17 " Our troubles are but mayflies, rising and falling between the turn of dawn and dusk. And then they are gone to the houses of memory, you and I will remain, Yukiko. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

18 " Just because you're standing in a crowd doesn't mean you belong there. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

19 " WHEN IT IS DONE, WE WILL FLY FAR FROM HERE. FAR FROM THIS SCAB AND ITS POISONED SKY.
WE WILL DANCE IN THE STORMS, YOU AND I. "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)

20 " Yukiko steered the subject away from sex as fast as she could. She was still occasionally woken by nightmares about the day her father had tried to sit her down for "the talk". "

― Jay Kristoff , Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)