“The amount a person can spare is relative; the value of generosity is not.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“We exist where we begin, yet to remain is death.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“Don't believe the lie of individual trees, each a monument to its own self-made success. A forest is an interdependent community. Resources are shared, and life in isolation is a death sentence.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“I pointed my nose right at the bomber down below, then i hit the overburn. "Cadet?" Ironsides said. "Pilot, what are you doing?"
"My weapons are gone . . . I have to ram it."
"Understood," Ironsides whispered. "Saints' own speed, pilot."
"What?" Jorgen said over the line. "What? Ram it? Spin!"
I dove toward the enemy bomber
"Spin," Jorgen said . . . "Spin you'll die."
"Yes," I whispered. "But I'll win anyway.”
― Skyward
"My weapons are gone . . . I have to ram it."
"Understood," Ironsides whispered. "Saints' own speed, pilot."
"What?" Jorgen said over the line. "What? Ram it? Spin!"
I dove toward the enemy bomber
"Spin," Jorgen said . . . "Spin you'll die."
"Yes," I whispered. "But I'll win anyway.”
― Skyward
“The ache to return to a time long gone was almost worse than fear.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
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