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1 " A thousand curses on girls with smart mouths and access to firepower. "
― Katherine McIntyre , The Airship Also Rises (Take to the Skies #3)
2 " Rare stories traveled of those who rose too high, the ships who sailed like Icarus towards the sun. And like him, they crashed and burned for their arrogance. "
3 " I had finally begun to understand Seth’s relationship with his flask, how some days, the memories grew too heavy to bear. "
4 " I lifted a brow. “You’re not going to try to blow up our ship, are you? "
5 " Some days, the sheer amount of enemies we attracted made me question if maybe our crew was a little too trigger happy. That maybe we’d pissed in too many pots without thinking of the consequences. But then I remembered most folks couldn’t hold to a basic code of honor if it killed them. And kill them we did. Repeatedly. "
6 " Yeah, the guy’s stiff as a board,” Sabine responded at once. “Probably going to piss himself if he hasn’t already. Pants that dark, it’s hard to tell.” I withheld my sigh. I had asked for a word picture. "
7 " The way he spoke to me, the admiration in his gaze, reminded me so, so much of myself staring at Morris, eyes reaching for the stars. "
8 " Mordecai snorted. “Surely, I thought you’d invite the chaos on board and offer it tea. "
9 " I shot her a look. “You of all people should know how dangerous my silence is. The longer my brain gets to working, the more I give my madcap plans credence. I was debating the merits of leaving a trail of catnip through the warehouse tonight—a stray cat infestation is the exact thing to keep Otthmann and the others occupied. "
