Alarum Quotes

“Roars chanting for our souls fill my ears and I swallow back my fear one drop at a time. Let them come.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“Did I tell you how I loved you the moment I first saw you in Tennessee?" he murmurs. His voice has a wistful quality like he's picturing the moment right now.

I turn to him surprised. "Really? The moment you saw me? When I was a smelly six-year old girl who hadn't bathed in a week, was covered in other kids' sweat, had snot on my sleeves and tear stains on my face and dirt matted in my hair? That moment? That had you struck by love at first sight?"

"Yep," he grins.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“It's the perfect adventure.
It's naive. It's insane. It's a death sentence.
But I gotta do it.
I'm gonna do it.
I'm a junkie with one eye on the edge and the other on the freedom fall after it.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“Smiling I scramble onto my feet and pile on clothes. After the dip in the Mississippi the fabric clings in a tight embrace. I savor it.

"You think dry clothes feel nice," he calls, "but to make up for the wet jeans and damp socks, God gave us fresh toasty dry underpants. You can't put those on after a long day in the snow or rain and not believe in Heaven.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“Soaked and utterly drained I drag myself out of the river and scoop up my clothes but Connors stops me before I can slip on my jeans.

"Did you not hear me, child? I said the feeling of wet jeans was designed by the devil."

I stare at him waiting for a laugh but his face is so hilariously serious that I drop the pants and hold up my hands in surrender.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“They fought with a trained formality and I was a rabid creature set loose upon them following no rules except savagery to end the fights as quick as I could. I left my humanity behind focused on one word: survive.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“I smile. "I've had many names, but you may call me Fury.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“I have many names. The name my parents gave me. The name my equals gave me. The name my masters gave me. The name I gave myself. The name scorched into the wind when my body was ripped from my soul.

A name gives something identity, and I've come to realize that a name doesn't matter if you didn't choose it yourself. I was born with the name Sofia Ramsey and I died with the names Fury and Ma thrown into the air with all the hatred and desperation a soul can muster.

I'm gonna tell you about that day but it hasn't come yet.
It's not today.
I breathe slowly and a cooling comfort stirs my lungs.
It's not today.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“NO.”
BANG. BANG. BANG.
Drop. Drop. Howl.

I crouch there. Eyes wide. Breath stopped. Brain stuck. Feeling gone. Ears empty.

Slowly. Slowly. Slowly my brain takes my hand gently and explains what my eyes saw, what my ears heard, what my mind doesn’t want to know but must know all the same.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum

“I have many names. The name my parents gave me. The name my equals gave me. The name my masters gave me. The name I gave myself. The name scorched into the wind when my body was ripped from my soul.
But that’s not today.”
― Talis Jones, Alarum