Jae Waller > Quotes

“The mercenary jerked back. She’d transformed her eyes into their fox form, slit-pupilled and tawny. She smiled with long canine teeth and pulled him toward the river.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Don’t do it.” Airedain didn’t look up from the alder block he was chiselling. Bright red woodchips fell into a basket at his feet. “Send kids to school, I mean.” My brow furrowed. “Tiernan enjoyed it back in Sverba.” “Different for pigeons, ain’t it? I had to use a Sverbian name and cover my tattoos. Couldn’t speak Aikoto in class. The teacher made us stand in the corner for mentioning the aeldu. Can’t count how many fist fights I got into with itheran kids.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Today you flew.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“The ocean broke against the cliffs like an argument.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“You have to trust her before she will trust you,” Tiernan said. “Do not think about her previous rider. Horses have histories of their own.”
― Jae Waller, Flight

“I pushed aside tins of salt and sugar to spread my form on a counter. He read it aloud for me, stumbling on the longer words. I filled out the form with a borrowed quill, leaving black smudges, asking Airedain how to spell things.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Sihaja fussed in my arms. I kissed her tiny nose, red from cold. This is the world we’ve forged for you.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“See, that’s what I don’t get. The Iyo let others settle in Iyun Bel, but it’s still their land. How do you declare a province on top of it?” Tiernan shrugged. “With fundamental disregard for others’ rights, I suppose. The political situation is . . . tense.” “I’d be tense if someone moved into my yard and expected me to obey their dumb laws.”
― Jae Waller, Flight

“The furniture was like a mixed bag of old buttons. Crude pine stools, tables with finely carved legs, and soft padded chairs stood next to crates nailed together.”
― Jae Waller, Flight

“Iannah stopped walking. “I have to do lots of things civilians don’t like. If it bothers you, leave. But my job is to keep the peace. Best way is to stab as few people as possible.”
― Jae Waller, Flight