The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure Quotes

“The captain shook her head - not in disagreement, but wonder. She glanced at Ariq. "We'll do this all for free if you let us see inside that thing.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“Won without a drop of bloodshed. His mother had been right. That truly was the best victory.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“But there exists not one man who never errs. We would be gods." And gods didn't apologize. Men did.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“His mother had taught him exactly that: To do what must be done. But she had taught him to do it while having a heart. Not heartlessly.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“I think the difference is not in the man, but how many stand behind him. I think that change will truly come when their combined fists are bigger than a single mighty one.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“In the quarantine tower he'd done to her what he'd sworn never to do with the machine: justify the route he'd taken with the result he hoped to achieve.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure

“Mara gave you my letter?"

"Yes."

"You must have been astonished." She had exposed her heart in that letter.

His eyebrows shot up. "'Astonished' is a mild word for it."

"But you came - so you must have read the other letters. They should have prepared you a little."

"I received no other letters. I had no idea you were in this part of the world."

She shook her head in confusion. "Then how did you know to come?"

"Yasmeen and I were in New Eden again - I have written that story for you in another letter - when a supply ship arrived carrying the rumor that Zenobia Fox was under the protection of the Kraken King. Needless to say, we abandoned New Eden and flew to Krakentown and full steam.”
― Meljean Brook, The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure