The Founding Quotes

“I realised Larkin was crying. It shook me to see it. And, though I know what you’re thinking, it didn’t diminish him in any way. I’d known from the first moment I saw him he was an emotionally vulnerable man. He didn’t falter in his duty for a moment. He kept up the pace, covered all the angles he was asked to. He didn’t even seem to be aware that he was crying. But he wept.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“War was about suffering and loss, about struggle and sacrifice. It was about blood.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“quickly reloaded”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“The exchange was as warm and friendly as a pair of automated range finders getting a mutual target lock.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“The distinction between trade and warfare is seen only by those who have no experience of either.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“Time seemed to slow down and stretch out, like a quiet, slow passage in a piece of music. It occurred to me then that I could never be a soldier. The waiting would kill me. It’s ironic, I know. I can spend months on a work, whole weeks minutely carving some tiny part of it. I am obsessive with detail, and never care how long it takes to get something perfect, because the success of the whole might depend on one small part.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding

“They liked black ironwork here on Pyrites. They made everything out of it. Even the beer, judging by the taste.”
― Dan Abnett, The Founding