Firebreak Quotes

“Softly, so softly, and his whole self is braced like the saying of it causes him some kind of unseen pain. There comes a sound, which I realize is his hands, gripping the stainless steel table edge. He lets go and makes an unconscious smoothing motion over the surface, but the dents remain.”
― Nicole Kornher-Stace, Firebreak

“Preceded by the blue-lit barrels of its gun-arms and a sound like ten trillion mosquitoes, far too smoothly for something of its size, stepping across the sun and throwing the whole street into shadow, a citykiller mech stalks into view.”
― Nicole Kornher-Stace, Firebreak

“No, what I get to deal with is this situation where you don’t want anything from the person in question at all, you just find there’s something in them that speaks to something in you, and all you want in all the world is to figure out how to reply.”
― Nicole Kornher-Stace, Firebreak