Worldwaker Quotes

“His eyes were like galaxies, and everyone could get lost in them. How many stars flickered there, no one knew, but every time he glanced upon someone, a new star ignited, a new star was caught in the gravity of his stare.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“Fear is leaden. Courage is golden. Let go of the weight of the world, and you will fly.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“As the darkness deepened, the sky was streaked with veins of red, the last low beats of a dying sun. Against this scarlet canopy the hulk of the Rust Road's twin peaks stood tall, mountains of metal, unnaturally jagged. Their sharp pinnacles pierced the sky, and Jacob could not help but wonder if that explained the blood there.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“Then everything turned brilliant white for a second, and Jacob's eyes were stunned. The shock faded, but then another flash came, dulled by the darkness of the fog. Blades of lightning broke through the sea of smoke, accompanied by the violent clap of thunder, as if an angry god saw the storm devour them, and burst out into wild applause.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“They began their climb, already weary, and the sun tried to steal whatever strength they had left. It was another god, a forgotten god, who gave a daily reminder, and was forgotten again each night.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“He had no big plan for this. He had not prepared for the day when he would be fighting his own work. He had not plotted against his own plots.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“They dived into the ocean of shadow and smog, adding to it with the fumes of their own aircraft. The goggles were useless now, but Jacob kept them on, in case there might be some break in the murky pool. It was fitting that the Worldwaker had passed through there, with the shark emblem painted on brightly. In those deep waters it could not be seen. It almost felt like it had lured them in. The dolphins do not hunt the sharks.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“Darkness gathered there, smothering out the sunlight. As the fleet headed towards it, it threatened to smother them too.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“A new age is approaching, and its advent might make us pray to go back to the days of the trenches. Once the Worldwaker goes off, we will never be able to sleep again.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“He could feel the Great Iron War coming to an end now, but he no longer had his finger on the button. The curtains of the world were about to close, and the play of life would soon be over. There would be no applause.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“That youthful enthusiasm for the Resistance was killed off quick in new recruits, if they were not killed off first.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“The Clockwork Commune were made of many things, and some of them were steamtruck wheels and landship tracks. They salvaged speed, and used it to help them salvage everything else.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker

“Jacob studied the iron graveyard, where every vehicle was its own gravestone. He drove slowly through, as if he was afraid to wake the dead. That was not it though. The general made it clear that they should fear the living.”
― Dean F. Wilson, Worldwaker