Black Spire Quotes

“Sometimes the Force challenges us," the older woman said. "And we don't find out until later why we had to suffer. Every setback contains hidden blessings.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“Even without his helmet, the man was a symphony in red.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“Some villains, like Archex had been as Captain Cardinal, were conflicted, and Vi could carefully twist the key inside them until something clicked open. Some villains were just straight-up evil---like anyone with the last name Hux.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“Amazing, how doubt could creep in if a person was left alone in a dark place for long enough.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“I get it." She nodded at Grana. "Keeping your head down is a good way to stay safe. You avoid trouble."
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"But if you keep letting bullies bully other people, eventually they run out of other people.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“The Force is all around us," she said. " You don't have to be sensitive to it to attract it, to be part of it. We're all part of it. Some people are just...well, think of it like a butterfly landing on you. That doesn't mean you're a flower. It just means you smell sweet. It's a good thing.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“May the spires keep you,” she called back to Grana. “Oh, go sit on a spire and twirl,” Grana replied.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“If she reached deep inside herself, what would she find? Not the Force, of course. But there was something there-an iron core. Determination. Tenacity. Stubborn persistence. She'd gotten herself out of that First Order interrogation chair, after all. She just had to live through one moment, and then the next, and then the next. She just had to keep going-until she had a better hand.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“He would never be another Poe Dameron----no one but Poe was Poe-----but the Resistance could use all the steady, bighearted people it could get.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“Vi scrambled over and knelt by Archex. He was waxen and pale and cold, and she slapped his cheeks and rubbed his hands with hers and said things ranging from, "Come on, Emergency Brake! Wake up! Don't let the worm win!" to a more aggressive, "I swear that if you don't wake up right now, I'm going to send you back to Cerea for another month of healthful stretching and drum circles!”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“You come from a place where new things are not only feared but actively ignored and pushed away. Where strangers are repelled and advances in technology and education are snubbed. It’s easy to live in a bubble without examining your biases. It’s hard to change minds and hearts when the people are so determined to remain in the dark.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“What would they do with their one, rare life, now that they were free?”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire

“People of the spire, the line between minding your business and defending your freedom is thin as a razor blade. You can’t tiptoe along it. You have to make that cut, draw that line in the sand, and believe that you can make a change. That your choices can leave a mark. That you can serve something better. There’s a hero inside each of you, waiting for your moment of greatness.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Black Spire