A Bloodline's Echo Quotes

“She is beautiful in the way only a haunted person can be, like a glimmer of light falling over fragments of shattered glass—dangerous if not treaded around with wary feet.”
― M.R. Pilot, A Bloodline's Echo

“Traders are left alone because they keep Verbena afloat, but those without an emblem? They’re either dangerous or risking danger. Since we’re going the same way, would it be a bother if I accompany you?’
An odd sentiment coming from one who appears to be a lone traveler on foot. But odd does not equate to false.
‘You don’t have an emblem. Does that mean you’re dangerous?’
His lips curl slightly, as if he’s amused.”
― M.R. Pilot, A Bloodline's Echo

“Safer than being a mouse in a barrel of snakes, that's for sure. Be on the lookout for mice friends, who are really just snakes waiting to shed their skin.”
― M.R. Pilot, A Bloodline's Echo

“Am I following you? Hmm. I don’t think so. Is the moth’s intent to follow the flame? I don’t know that either. But I can understand why the moth is drawn in by the flame. It’s intriguing, isn’t it? How something with the potential for such destruction can dance around with the innocence of a child?”
― M.R. Pilot, A Bloodline's Echo