The Storm Beneath the World Quotes

“It's funny, Shan's afraid he won't live up to the expectations of others. I'm afraid I will. We're both going to die because of what others think.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“War is female work" Mother would say every time he asked questions.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Girls will be girls", Mom said.
"You've got to stay our of the way until they get it out of their system.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“withdrew a wooden figurine. He kept it hidden from sight. “What is that?” she asked. “Did you make it?” He nodded. “Show me.” They might be friends, but Bon was a dull fieldclaw and Ahk was heir to the Kym family business. He couldn’t help but obey. Bon lifted his claw, opening it to display the figurine. Plucking it from his grip, she leaned forward, squinting to take in the exquisite detail. Carved and painted, it depicted a bright female. The veins in the upper wings were meticulously captured. The antennae, whisps of thin wood that looked like they’d snap if she breathed on them, expressed exuberant humour.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“This wasn’t Shan.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“He’s smart for a male.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“But if you obey her voice and do all that she says, then she will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Two long, barbed arrows punched into Izi’s carapace, lodging deep in her thorax. All four legs buckling, she crumpled.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Pretty was nice. Killing was useful.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“We ride the eternal river of days toward the moment of our redemption.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“The Defiled priest was right. Mother would disown him the moment she found out he was Corrupt.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Blessed is she who never discovers her talent. —The Redemption”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“She sacrificed herself to save him because that was the kind of friend she was”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“They loved her and she was what they made her. There could be no greater pleasure. She was death and in death she found her redemption.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World

“Beauty is in the eyes and antennae of she who witnesses it. Truth was like that.”
― Michael R. Fletcher, The Storm Beneath the World