City of Thieves Quotes

“How do you know it's a him?" Abel asked. "He's not wearing his pronouns on a name tag."

"Male Sunrise Reapers have orange eyes," Roa said. "Females have red or yellow."

"But what if he's nonbinary?" Abel wondered. "And we've offended him."

"Then he'll eat us." Roa considered it. "I can respect that.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Thank you, Roa," said Instructor Ally. "And, Topher, is your mother still out of work?"

"Uh, yeah," Topher growled, picking at his fingernails.

"Thought so," said Instructor Ally. "If you're going to make fun of someone in my class, you might consider that you have yet to pass a single test and are more useful to your family as dragon food than as a student.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“A hero does what is needed, even when it’s hard. But not if it’s evil. Then, you know … he doesn’t.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“If you can imagine the storms, you can imagine rainbows," the counselor had advised. "Inhale. Count to four. Exhale. Imagine the rainbow. What is your rainbow?”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Ep ep” was the unofficial Dragon Rider battle cry that cadets used to mean everything from “Yes, sir!” to “Excuse me, the dragon has lit my hair on fire.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Sax”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Um..." Abel feared "um" was officially his catchphrase.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“Secrets between friends are like dragon bile.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves

“WW3D" they added, which was a code they used whenever one of them was feeling nervous about something.”
― Alex London, City of Thieves