The Waking Fire Quotes

“True change has never been bloodless.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“I did wonder if I'd have cause to rue my action. Now I believe it can safely be filed under Necessary Regrets.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“I’ve survived revolution, war and over a decade on this continent,” the Burgrave reflected. “But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“Curiosity is also my worst vice, and once stirred one not to be denied.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“a White breathing fire on a group of Spoiled kneeling in obvious supplication. An egg bathed in fire and cracking open to reveal the screaming infant Black inside, the flames fading to reveal an old man in a robe staring down at the fledgling drake with the expression of a proud father.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“My finest student, and also my greatest disappointment.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“By the time this report reaches your hands you will, no doubt, have received word via the Blue-trance of the”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“Wealth only has meaning if it is either enjoyed or invested,” she returned. “A miser is merely a pauper with fewer friends.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“Our operation is unprecedented and its parameters highly dynamic.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“there is no pain that cannot be endured and survived, no obstacle that cannot be overcome. All that is required is the will to succeed, a will that allows for no distractions.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“I've survived revolution, war, and over a decade on this continent," the Burgrave reflected. "But by all the ghosts of the hundred emperors, I think fatherhood will finally do me in.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“He turned, finding Captain Trumane standing at the hatchway, a certain amused satisfaction in his gaze. A man engaged in a constant search for the weaknesses of others, Hilemore decided. Perhaps the means by which he maintains faith in his own superiority. “Chief”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“A man engaged in a constant search for the weaknesses of others, Hilemore decided. Perhaps the means by which he maintains faith in his own superiority. “Chief”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“is a refusal to welch on a debt.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“I expect the notions of personal freedom and representative government would appear radical to a slave of the corporate world.” “A”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“Somehow he knew it, knew the beast and whatever commanded it had tracked them from the Firejack to the Badlands and back again. And, although it was just a small speck, he could have sworn he saw the swaddled man perched on the drake’s back before it angled its wings and disappeared from view. —”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“Caution favours no-one in battle,”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire

“A miser is merely a pauper with fewer friends.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Waking Fire