The Risks of Dead Reckoning Quotes

“I believe it’ll happen – one way or another.” Naiche looked around at the room full of friends and family. “If life has taught me one thing – and let’s face it, it hasn’t taught me much more than that….” Over Con’s chuckles, she continued, “…it’s that as long as you’re still breathing, there will be plenty of chances coming your way. The trick is being smart enough to grab the right ones.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning

“No, my mother died when I was ten. She was a Corps diplomat and was murdered trying to negotiate a truce with the enemy.”
“The enemy in that war you fought in?”
“Yes. It’s why I joined up. I was young and naïve and somehow thought I could avenge her death.”
“You couldn’t because you lost the war?”
“No, we won – but there’s no vengeance to be found in war. Turns out, it doesn’t work that way.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Good. I hope you never do.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning

“Later, when he bade his daughter good-night, Ricci understood for the first time, that as hard as it was to have to live with your own mistakes, watching your child make the same one would be even more heart-breaking.”
― Felicia Watson, The Risks of Dead Reckoning