R.R. Washburn > Quotes

“What can I say?” Orion managed a grin through bloody teeth. “God loves a trier.”
― R.R. Washburn, Seraphim Ascent

“Even when I try to do good I can’t ever seem to get it right, and I know I’ve made my share of mistakes because of that. But saving you was never one of them. I’ll do it as many times as I have to. I’ll save all of you. Just trust me. Please.”
― R.R. Washburn

“I have accepted that the world is a perpetually moving beacon, with a never-ending supply of new possibilities. And there is always room for second chances when you have eternity.”
― R.R. Washburn, Departed: A Dead Man Does Tell Tales

“She moved as fast as her feet could carry her, for what reason she had no certainty of.
The only certainty was going forward.”
― R.R. Washburn, What the Thunder Said

“Faye Elms didn’t become a member of a unit called Red Rifles because she looked pretty holding one. But she was packing buckshot this time, and Orion had no intention of meeting his maker by a shotgun-wielding woman wearing a soft yellow summer dress.”
― R.R. Washburn, Seraphim Ascent

“Stone was fond of the sound bullets made. She was born in war, and lulled by a tune burrowed into her brain that she knew so well.”
― R.R. Washburn, What the Thunder Said

“When they found me, I had no name. Because I had no name, they decided to give me one. It’s not my real name, but I have since grown a fondness to it. Now it is mine.”
― R.R. Washburn, Departed: A Dead Man Does Tell Tales

“Allow me to start from the beginning — with my death.”
― R.R. Washburn, Departed: A Dead Man Does Tell Tales

“And you matter. You fucking matter to me! So you’re not allowed to die, you stupid, arrogant dogdick!”
― R.R. Washburn

“The smoke is a signal; it means the Salamander is coming. For she is a war-torn disaster, and her comfort is the gun.”
― R.R. Washburn, Seraphim Ascent