The Final Six Quotes

“A funny thing happens when you have nothing left to live for. Your existence loses all its sharp edges. There are no more steep drops, no hills to climb. Colors blur and muddle together until your surroundings are a bunch of meaningless shapes and figures painted in the same shade of gray. There's nothing that could possibly surprise you or resurrect those old sensations of joy or fear. No humans could be as unfeeling, as numb, as you are. And then, just when you're getting lulled into the monotonous routine, something snaps. No more.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“It's like we're in Hogwarts for space, but instead of teaching us magic, they're preparing us to get kicked off the planet.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“Remember what you always say: no problem has ever been solved by panicking.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“Risk is the price of progress.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“The need trumps everything, even agonizing pain.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“Some girls stock their carryons with SPF or extra clothes for a rainy day, I on the other hand am the type to bring a portable electron microscope”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“They’ve gotten to you—” I start to say, but Lark gives me a sharp look before raising her eyes to the ceiling. I follow her gaze to a blinking green light. Security camera. “There are casualties of every mission,” she says, her voice a tinge too loud, as if performing for someone out of sight. “I know that better than anyone. All you can do is keep moving forward. Do your best here—in Suki’s honor.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“We learned the hard way on Earth that no amount of technology or wealth is worth polluting and destroying our planet over.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six

“We're supposed to be their protectors. Not the survivors.”
― Alexandra Monir, The Final Six