Dark Edge of Honor Quotes

“You make me forget who I'm not.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

““There is only one thing I want to be part of. You.” ”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Following orders is right. Giving orders for the wrong reasons isn’t.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“It's hard to know a truth when you've never encountered one.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Did you order it to kidnap me? Or was that its own idea?” Sergei stepped closer, fighting the urge to punch the man and then check that he was all right. None of those responses made any sense.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Because I love you and I can’t get enough of you. That emotion ran deeper and deeper, like a river than had reached open plains, soft earth, and could burrow deeper now, build more force. There was no sense anymore that it would end, had to end, was better if it ended.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Sergei remembered well how unsettled Nikishin had been by the arm and leg that day. Then, it had made him sneer inwardly, but it was difficult to maintain that derision since he began to like the man. Trust him even. And that could be dangerous enough, laws being what they were, Nikishin being who he was. Never mind that any normal individual would be revolted by Sergei’s current physical state, and justifiably so. Cyborg patchwork over mangled flesh. The pinnacle of attractive. He’d always been different, a freak. Now it was just visible. Impossible to hide.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“„What would you struggle for? What’s worth fighting for?”
“Life, the next breath, the next beat of one’s heart. What else is there worth fighting for?”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“I try not to think of the future. What we have now is good. Any mlre of this is just a bonus." (Sergei)”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“The general will be joining us, shortly.”
[..] A Revision officer dropping the brother in front of a rank was the most threatening thing Sergei had heard in a long time. He stared at Nikishin, tried to read his features, but that was entirely impossible. Never before had Nikishin appeared more the arm of the law.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Yeah, he’d yield. He was a bad cut of steak left on the open grill too long, though—the general’s teeth wouldn’t be enough to do the job.”
― Rhi Etzweiler, Dark Edge of Honor

“No rules. No Revision. No Doctrine up here. Dizzying. He could be free if he wanted. Among enemies. He could stay here and keep his memories. Or go away and keep his memories. Or go back home and cease to exist. “It feels wretched and wrong.”
But it feels.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Do I smell like wild places, still?”
Sergei laughed softly and ruffled his hair. “I’d have to compare. And monitor that. Refine my assessment over the next years…”
“Ranch has plenty of spare dung. I’ll be sure to roll in it regularly.” Teeth scraped his arm, nipped his skin gently.
“I always knew the Alliance was decadent. I intend to see just how decadent.”
― Rhi Etzweiler, Dark Edge of Honor

“Does a man work harder for being unhappy, unfulfilled? Is he less dedicated to his job, if he is allowed to commit himself for a life to another man instead of a woman?”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor

“Whatever you want, Sergei.” Mike meant what he said beyond the immediate context, but found he was unable to put it into words. They wouldn’t come. They had no form. Whatever it was didn’t even have a tangible emotion to be labeled.”
― Aleksandr Voinov, Dark Edge of Honor