Fleet of Knives (Embers of War, #2)

by Gareth L. Powell

“Courage is making the choice to forgive, even when every nerve in your body cries out for vengeance.”

“Sometimes it’s better to be useful than heroic, better to bathe in gratitude than glory, and better to serve than demand service.”

Whales have always been smarter than sharks.

“I think you’re all broken in some fundamental way, but you’re not all broken in the same place. And it’s the ways you each find to work around those breaks that make you who you are.”