Edge of Oblivion Quotes

“It’s the struggle that refines them,” he explained, “the challenge. Give them too much water, sunshine, and fertile soil and they grow fat and tasteless, like a Concord grape, appetizing only when saturated with sugar and made into jelly. Or they wither and die of boredom. Like people. The best ones are survivors. Stripped of chaff, refined by struggle and hardship, they’re rendered complex and potent by their very endurance and ability to thrive in spite of deprivation.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion

“He glanced down and froze, shocked and horrified by what he was seeing. Or more correctly, what he wasn’t seeing. His legs—both his legs—were gone.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion

“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion

“When I was a little girl I always wondered if sunrises looked the same everywhere else. Like on a beach in Fiji, or someplace else I’d never see...would this look just the same?”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion

“Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.’ Such a lovely sentiment, don’t you think? The human Bible is full of little gems like that; their god is a petty, bad-tempered sort with some substantial insecurity issues, but on this he got it right”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion

“struggle that refines them,” he explained, “the challenge. Give them too much water, sunshine, and fertile soil and they grow fat and tasteless, like a Concord grape, appetizing only when saturated with sugar and made into jelly. Or they wither and die of boredom. Like people. The best ones are survivors. Stripped of chaff, refined by struggle and hardship, they’re rendered complex and potent by their very endurance and ability to thrive in spite of deprivation.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Edge of Oblivion