The Rise of the Phoenix Quotes

“The boy imagined that if he heard someone talking, their voices would sound like a 45 record on 33 speed.”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“He wrapped his clawed fingers around something soft, warm and wet, and then he pulled with everything he had in him. He let out a feral scream of his own. Blood spurted all over him, covering his face, going into his mouth and igniting the hunger that he had denied for so long.”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“father’s words echoed in his mind. Take the big one out first. The rest will run. The big one he supposed was the boy with the stick. He was the one in charge, at least. “You”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“Only Humans can have possessions,” Stick boy grinned. “And last time I checked, you were not Human.” The boy was about to correct him and tell him that he was Human, but then he remembered that that was no longer true. He clamped his mouth shut, fury starting to blaze inside. He sat back, appearing relaxed, but he was anything but. Inside, the wolf was beginning to rage.”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“The notebook had been a gift from his mother. A reward, she had said, for doing well in his test at school. On the cover was a Phoenix. “It’s a bird,” she had told him with a smile. “They never die. Not properly. They rise from the ashes of their old lives and start a new one.”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“He had dreamt of her. It was a cruel dream. She had knelt beside him, whispered to him and told him that it wasn’t his fault. She had even run her hands through his fur… Fur. He didn’t know whether to love or hate it.”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix

“She was gone and he had done it. In that garden, on the bench she had there, it was as if he could almost feel her there. He wished she was really there, to show him forgiveness for what he had done. Her scent mingled with the scent of the flowers. Each one bloomed from years of her guidance.  Yet, he had taken it all away. The sorrow in his heart roused the creature inside him from his sleep. “Not”
― Mason Sabre, The Rise of the Phoenix