The Wings of War Boxset Quotes

“There aren’t even shades of grey, as any clichéd poet will be tempted to tell you. Life is not a spectrum that can be measured and weighed. It’s a damn ocean, sometimes calm and pleasant, sometimes black and churning, but in either case at no point do we have any idea what lies more than a few feet beneath the surface.”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“šef opened his mouth to snap at being cut”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“across from him was attired in dark-blue”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“Concerns you seem to have some of the answers to, Akelo,” Syrah pressed the man gently. “You sound like you might know more of the Tash than any of us…” She looked to Argoan and Lysa, who nodded and shrugged respectively. Again, Akelo hesitated, clearly out of his element. Raz felt Syrah lift a finger from where her hand rested against his forearm, and in almost imperceptible increments the white flames of the candles grew, steadily chasing away the shadows of the cabin. There are no cruelties lurking in the dark, here, she seemed to be trying to say. There are no evils lying in wait. As the light brightened, so too did the freed man’s confidence. He took a quick breath, chewing on his lip for a moment more, but his hands stopped shaking. “The Tash are the blessed chosen of the Twins,” he repeated again, his voice much calmer now, and it was Syrah he addressed this time. “The Sun and Moon. They are men held in the same level of reverence as Her”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“Fool,” he said sadly, watching the red creep into the brown and white of the snow. “Dead ears are no better than deaf ears.”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“All are capable of evil. It often seems, in fact, that it is in the very nature of man to be evil. Greed, envy, lust… We blame all wars, inevitably, on some outside causation, some external factor. Religion, resources, revenge. The truth, however, is more base: war comes from within. War comes from man himself. Man, and his infinite capability to do evil.”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“Wisdom may make you wise. Cleverness may make you clever. With just the wrong amount of each, though, both may make you a fool.”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4

“There is almost always another way. Take the time to look for it. You will go through life with more friends and less scars. It is not the coward who steers clear of a fight. It is the wiser man.”
― Bryce O'Connor, The Wings of War Boxset: Books 1-4