Joe Basile > Quotes

“Because they are the gun, and his Spirit of Fire is the ammunition. I could never understand why he loved these insects—and now I do. He made them to amplify his power. They are a tool. No—a weapon. A weapon he built, and now I will turn it against him.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Hope: The Spirit of Fire

“Light always pushes back.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Scrollkeeper: The Race Against Time

“He saw the entire world—the world above as it had been, though he could only guess—open sky, glistening oceans, cracked deserts, lush forests.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Scrollkeeper: The Race Against Time

“Some things are math, and some things are magic. The world needs them both.”
― Joe Basile, Rudolph

“Today is that day.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Hope: The Spirit of Fire

“They were normally some variation of the same; he saw the entire world—the world above as it had been, though he could only guess—open sky, glistening oceans, cracked deserts, lush forests. When he thought the beauty of it would tear him apart, the dreams shifted to give him a glimpse of his own reality, his world below, no less perfect for what it was, until the whole of it was consumed by darkness and fire. And he always woke with the screams of the dying echoing in his head.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Scrollkeeper: The Race Against Time

“Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for leaving everything you believed in and experienced…for me. For the first time since Mom was killed, I know how much I mean to you. And I want you to know I love you, and you mean so much to me.”
― Joe Basile, The Last Hope: The Spirit of Fire