Underspire Quotes

“That’s the only problem of a clean slate. You were still you.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“I kept up the fire until the mag went dry, forcing my transition to the pistol to keep constant forward pressure.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“Aw man,” Kip said, as he felt me lock the lead part of the rope to his PRL. “MTDA?” “Yep. Midget tossing for distance and accuracy,” I confirmed.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“Moving into a T-intersection really required a fire team to negotiate things safely. Ya feel me? The guy controlling the team’s movement got them to the split in the hall, assessed the danger of moving into the space, and then coordinated the forward movement. But don’t forget about that rear-facing dude so you don’t get smoked in the pooper. The basics of it are pretty simple. Two guys on opposite ends of the hall approach, then pie the corner to take control of the immediate risk of stepping out. If there’s someone there, you assess, address, and advance. Spread the lead until you own the space. Ya know? Once you’re clear, the third and fourth man move to the opposing wall and each take a direction. The first and second then swing in the hall. Got it all wrapped up? Good. The crew then moves back into a rolling “T” which is three front and one facing rear—and the whole hallway advance starts all over again.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“That’s the only problem of a clean slate. You were still you. And for good or bad, that was very hard to change. A good example of that is the Panama of the world we came from. Cut throughs, tributaries, and little streams allowed all manner of sharks to pass from one ocean to the other. A quick swim from the Atlantic side and blammo, you were in the Pacific. Welcome to a whole new ocean with new sights, sounds, and problems. Of course, the shark didn’t care about its environment, because Atlantic or Pacific, it was still a shark. Time to get after that shark business.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“That’s how you ruin a soul. Take something of value and convince the person holding it that it’s worthless. Lie to them so the medicine they could take to save their life is poison.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“Wealthy is the man who spends his time around people with rough hands and smooth character. Pops was always good about dropping some dime of wisdom on us about that. Turn the wrench, add another part to the Shelby, and install some knowledge into me. Man, I can almost smell the grease and metal of our garage and all them tools. I used to level my Pops’s line on my guys when I first became a team leader. I’d tell them rough hands were busy hands and less likely to get in trouble. And smooth character? You know what’s up. You’ve been reading smooth this whole time.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal

“My pops used to say there were two types of people who claimed God on this Earth. Religious and spiritual. The religious types were all Mary-on-the-lawn and good works in plain sight so other folks could take note. But the spiritual types lived it every day in how they treated people, whether someone saw them do it or not. As far as I could tell, these pint-sized ground-pounders were all about living in the spirit of what they believed, no matter what it cost them.”
― Jason Anspach, Underspire: A Forgotten Ruin War Journal