Daniel James Clark > Quotes

“They hauled out two huge, blocky Jotun class mechs designed for deliberate, steady progress on a battlefield. One was their very own Cronus. The other was named Craig, and no one knew quite why.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge

“You even drilled a hole in it. You know that’s illegal, right? Defacing currency.”
“Well, you’re dating a serious badass,” Mark said. “Committing crimes in the name of love and all that.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge

“Mark Alder was a tall black man in his mid-twenties with none of the awkward clumsiness that could sometimes accompany height.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge

“Prove you’re one of us,” the pilot called. “What’s the password we’re using?”
A password was something the rebels might use to identify themselves out on the battlefield. It would make sense with everyone moving the same gear around. Zak tightened his grip on his pistol and decided.
“I don’t have a password, asshole!” Zak yelled. It was either that or make one up, which the pilot would have obviously caught; also, this felt better.
“Good,” was the response from the pilot, followed by another fit of coughing. “I killed the last guy that gave me a password.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge

“The smoking hulk of the command mech loomed behind him like a fallen god.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge

“Filling the rest of the space were several loose pieces of chalk and innumerable small paper notes. These were written in what looked like code but was just bad handwriting.”
― Daniel James Clark, The Forge