April Adams > Quotes

“How in the fucking hell did you do that?"

Calyph shrugged. "I'm an Engineer," he said simply, as if it would explain everything.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“Any fool knew that arguing with a troll was pointless.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“I stared at the stop sign and even though I was only five I thought, I will remember that stop sign for the rest of my life. The dents and the bumps, the colors and the shape, the three-fingered, black scuff and long silver scrape - even the dirty gray sky behind it. Days will go by and I will grow old but from time to time the image of this stop sign will come to my mind and I will think about it and remember what I was thinking at this exact time. I even remember thinking that I was awfully young to have such a profound thought and premonition but there it was.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“I think you should leave [the scar]. [...] It's not as bad as you think. It will look better once it is healed. And besides, you already have a classical beauty. This gives you a romantic beauty as well.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“Scarlett activated the viola and it came down like short shimmering curtain that covered her eyes with a band of violet light. It dilated her eyes, increasing her binocular summation so that everything in her field of vision was magnified and clear. It also protected her retinas from any sort of laser fire or plasma flash.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“I got this month's delivery bill today - you're practically living off pastries!"

"The pastries are easier on my teeth," Grandpa called after him with a smile.

"That wouldn't be an issue if you would get new teeth!" John's voice carried in from the kitchen.

Grandpa pretended not to hear him. His memory might have gone to shit, but there were a few things about being old that he really enjoyed.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“The Hum-bird paused, a long needle sliding out of the hole in its beak. It bent quickly, poking the needle into Scarlett's face. Its head popped back up and then repeated the motion in three more spots on the Jordan's face before hopping to the other side and starting over.

It hopped back and forth a few more times, pausing now and then with its injector, plumping skin and filling the fine lines in Scarlett's face. After examining its works, the needle withdrew and another one protruded, glistening pink in the dimmed light. This time the Hum-bird hopped around, paralyzing any damaging nerve clusters that over time would be bound to cause wrinkles in the skin.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“On the far side of the bay was the command station that controlled the door, which was currently semi-open. Rather than the normal closed maw of steel, there was a network of pulsing gold veins crisscrossing the gaping mouth of black - a nitrogen membrane keeping the molecular air contained and pressurized while allowing aircraft to pass through.”
― April Adams, Drawing the Dragon

“Oh, my god,”
― April Adams, Balancing Act

“Groundhog Day,”
― April Adams, Flipping Out

“Her routine had a 16.6 start value—which meant that was the highest score she could get. 16.6! Kelley’s routine didn’t even come close—yet. It included a bunch of hard high-flying release and catch tricks and a lot of innovative combinations. Sara flowed beautifully from one move to the next without pauses, which was really important on bar. “Oh, my god,” Jamie whispered. “She’s amazing to watch.” Sara maintained perfect from and straight bodylines on the swings. She looked like she weighed nothing at all. She did a pirouette—a handstand on the high bar that changed directions with a twist—before swinging down to the low bar. Her body was perfectly vertical—not even a hair out of place. Back up to the high bar and swing, swing, swing. Sara swung her body up and into a handstand, released at the top of the movement, twisted her body in the air, legs straight and re-grabbed the bar facing in the opposite direction. Jaime caught her breath a few times, sure Sara was about to fall. But Kelley had seen Sara nail this routine so many times she just enjoyed watching. Sara had her own original style on bars—which wasn’t easy. She incorporated a lot of pirouettes, which added point value to her routines. Sara would change direction with a twist in the handstand position, then flow right into a release move.  In another move, she swung once, released her grip at the top of the bar opening her legs into a wide split and then”
― April Adams, Balancing Act

“the”
― April Adams, Tumbling Dreams

“And it’s so gross. It’s not just blood. It’s—”
― April Adams, Flipping Out

“Jaime caught”
― April Adams, Balancing Act