Fire and Song Quotes

“Even when his chest began to tighten. Even when his arms screamed that they would fail, screamed that they were at their limit and beyond. He didn’t care, couldn’t care. This was nothing, nothing. He knew pain. Intimately. This was nothing.”
― Bryce O'Connor, Fire and Song

“I asked you what your name was, first-year.” This time, the answer had come, though in a much higher pitch than Rei suspected the red-headed boy had ever previously spoken in his life. “D-Daniel, sir…” Rei had almost felt bad for the poor guy. He knew all-too-well what it was like to catch the Lasher’s attention when you didn’t want it, just like he knew all-too-well how hard it was not to call the A8 “sir” even if they were technically the same rank. “Your last name,” Lennon had pressed coolly. “Uh… Biggs, sir.” “Daniel Biggs…” Lennon muttered with only the faintest hint of annoyance, frame coming to life in his eyes as the other third-years of Steelbound had looked to be trying hard not to snicker all around him. “Biggs… Ah, here you are. Maston’s. Mauler. C…” He smirked suddenly. “My apologies. D9.” He’d closed his NOED again and jerked his head pointedly up the aisle towards the rest of the milling schools. “If you’ve got something of value to say to our underclassman, Biggs, you can spit it out now. Otherwise, move on. At your rank, I can assure you’re about as interesting to Cadet Ward as you are to me.”
― Bryce O'Connor, Fire and Song

“Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one…” -Bruce Lee”
― Bryce O'Connor, Fire and Song

“It became more…” Rei finished, patting Logan’s shoulder gently. “Yeah… I get that. Not the same way, obviously, but I get that. I get it all.” Viv found him looking at her then, and she blinked in surprise. “I almost feel bad we both found the same person to help us lug around our baggage all this time…”
― Bryce O'Connor, Fire and Song

“You need to get stronger, and fast…”
― Bryce O'Connor, Fire and Song