Transfigured Quotes

“Croque Madame drums her fingers on the steering wheel. “Bridges are one of the first things the enemy looks to destroy.” “Why? So people can’t get to work?” Terk asks. “No,” Cardyn counters. “It’s so trucks can’t pass over and boats can’t pass through. It’s all about cutting off supply lines.” He taps his temple. “Very clever strategy.” Brohn shakes his head. “It’s to destroy morale. Bridges are symbols. They show there’s nothing human beings can’t do, no distance we can’t cross. Destroy that, and you destroy morale. Destroy morale, and you keep everyone afraid and too broken to fight back.” Rain suggests that targeting bridges has to do with a reallocation of resources. “It’s like in chess,” she says. “If I can get you to dedicate your pieces to defense on one side of the board, I’m free to launch my attack on the other.” I tell them I’m pretty sure I read that the destruction of bridges in war is to prevent the movement of enemy troops. From a few rows behind us, Manthy’s voice is smooth and even. “It’s about separation.” She seems fixated on something outside the bus—maybe the long green grass along the side of the road or the intact houses and shops up ahead—and doesn’t turn to look at us.”
― K.A. Riley, Transfigured

“Cardyn mimics Brohn’s squinting stare before giving a vigorous nod. “Stay here under the safety of a Veiled Refractor or ride a school bus into mortal danger with a woman we just met?” He takes a dramatic pause and then marches with high knees and clompy steps up the stairs and into the bus.”
― K.A. Riley, Transfigured

“Enemies almost always have to be invented,” I tell her.”
― K.A. Riley, Transfigured

“For some people, getting themselves to ‘good’ depends on how bad they can make things for everyone else.”
― K.A. Riley, Transfigured