The Second Rebel Quotes

“Ofiera nods as if she expected my answer. “One last piece of advice, then,” she says, and leans toward me in order to whisper. “When the pain becomes too much, remember why you’re fighting. You’re angry. I can hear it in your voice. And that’s good. Sometimes anger is all you have. “This is a battle in a war of a different type. I’m sure you’ve been told not to show your anger. Not to feel it. Women often are.” Her predator eyes gleam. “But when death comes for you, Lucinia sol Lucius, when it grasps you with cold fingers, that anger can burn through it. That anger can save you. Better to be alive and angry than dead and peaceful.”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel

“Asset has little to no regard for her humanity. Believes death of those she deems ‘harmful’ to Asters more important than the preservation of her species.”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel

“And what of Hemlock and his years of service in the darkness of Ceres? Was he skipped over because he was too cautious in the face of Sorrel’s ambition? Or did the Elders have a darker reason for disregarding Hemlock? Like his genetic shortcomings—defects from my father’s lab.

“The opinion of one who would be an Elder had misfortune not befallen him has been noted. Are there any other options?”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel

“nd what of Hemlock and his years of service in the darkness of Ceres? Was he skipped over because he was too cautious in the face of Sorrel’s ambition? Or did the Elders have a darker reason for disregarding Hemlock? Like his genetic shortcomings—defects from my father’s lab.

“The opinion of one who would be an Elder had misfortune not befallen him has been noted. Are there any other options?”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel

“You are not palatable, they say, and we Sisters must change or suffer. Smile prettily. Brush your hair. Wear cosmetics, but not too much. Touch us, but not with too much enthusiasm. Tempt us, but do not look as if you want to tempt us.”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel

“You can’t go through life thinking of all you’ve lost and holding that against people who’ve never taken anything from you.”
― Linden A. Lewis, The Second Rebel