J.S. Dewes > Quotes

“I’m ready. Hit me.” She shook her head. “No, you hit me, Jack.” “I got nothin’, boss.” “I need you to have something.” “I don’t know what you want me to have.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“We need this recharged,” she said. “Is that possible?” “Theoretically or practically?” “Immediately.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“What’s our motto, friends?” “Get it done fast and don’t die, sir,”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“Adversaries rarely appear when it is convenient”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“Do you think I want your excuses?” Cavalon diverted his gaze. He felt like he knew the right answer, but he couldn’t stop his natural tendency to make everything fucking worse. “Is that rhetorical?”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“You up for it?” “Yes, sir.” His back straightened. “Of course, sir.” “You understand the risks?” “As in—suicide mission?” She swallowed back bile. “Yeah.” “Sounds great,”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“I’m too young to die of old age anyway, Quin.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“He chewed the inside of his lip, eyes narrowed at the duffle. Worst case, it was some kind of murder kit, and she intended to put him out of his long-standing misery. Best case … well, same, honestly.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“You can do this, Rake. If anyone can, it’s you. I know we’ve lost a lot, but there’s still soldiers out there depending on you. You make the call, and they’ll follow you, you know that. But hundreds of their comrades have died in the last day. They need to see you steadfast. Not questioning yourself, not sitting around waiting for orders that might never come. And not wallowing in guilt.” She bit her lip. “So, what you’re saying is, get the fuck over it?” He smiled. “Basically.” “Thanks for the pep talk.” “Anytime.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“once the Tempus blows, how do you know we’ll ricochet off the debris field and not just plow through it?” Adequin shook her head, the back of her throat going dry. “I’m choosing to be optimistic.” “Physics doesn’t really give a shit about your existential disposition, Rake!”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“For the third time that day and the third time in his life, Cavalon stepped into a space suit. He’d started to wonder if he should just keep it on all the time.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“one act doesn’t define someone, good or bad. I hate what you did. Not you.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“He should really just keep his eyes straight ahead for the remainder of his life. No good ever came from looking up or down.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“Seriously, kid, what the hell? Ever heard of a ‘daily recommended dosage’?” “I think recommended is the key word there.” “You know, for the smartest guy I know, you can be a real idiot.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“Me?” Cavalon scoffed. “Fuck, what? I’m just the idea man—” Jackin’s voice hardened. “You’re whoever she says you are.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“I should have told you. I’m trying, Adriene, really. I’m still learning how to be … what you need me to be. But I’ll never stop choosing you. You have to believe me.”
― J.S. Dewes, Rubicon

“If we get so caught up in survival, we forget to live..." She gave a rueful shake of her head. "What's the point?”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“sweet, mild scent of overmilked coffee, flooding his mind with memories of when things weren’t nearly so grim and shitty. Or rather, when he was too young and naive to properly notice how grim and shitty things were.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“later dread overwhelmed him, a wrong, empty feeling, painful and dark. It was too familiar—a heavy, weighted heart, like when your dad dies—the fucking worst, a physical pain.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“Chief Navigations Officer
(...) CNO was as household of a term as Preator or Titan. Jackin would have been in charge of coordinating movements of an entire fleet.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“// Why are you thanking it? // I don’t know! Quiet—I’m driving the ship, remember? // Right into the sun … //”
― J.S. Dewes, Rubicon

“Jackin pushed a hand through his hair,”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“But I don’t know what you want me to say. Like you said, we can’t conceptualize life the same way. We live in two different time zones, literally.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“Shut up and focus,” Adriene barked. With a break in the fire, Booker leaned out with his pistol and let loose a volley of bullets. “I can shoot and bitch at the same time.”
― J.S. Dewes, Rubicon

“You’ve never done an EVA?” “Me? No. Well, I don’t know. What is that?”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“You’re such a dick.” “That’s Lord Dick to you.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“- but 'missing' a person is merely a symptom of unfulfilled emotional needs.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Last Watch

“light brown skin,”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“You’re gonna love her—she’s as big an entitled dick as you are.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet

“She’s way too young for you.” Owen scoffed. “One: Fuck off. Two: Since when are you all judgmental?” “Not judgmental. She’s my friend—and you’re an asshole.”
― J.S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet