Braxton Bird

“heads in shame.” “Why? I don’t understand. Dragons were monsters.” “Dragons are truth,” snapped Maralina. “Dragons are magic. Without them, the world would have been overrun with darkness of every kind. They should have been protected rather than exterminated.” “Why? If they hunted men and—” “Hush. Remember the parable of the wolf and the shepherd. Remember the history of the fall of Hakkia. You believe with all your heart that the truth is that dragons are evil, Kagen Vale. You were told this by teachers and Gardeners and others. But they told you what they were told, and what the generations before told them. All those repetitions make you believe this is a known and immutable truth, but is it? How would you—or could you—know otherwise?”
― Jonathan Maberry, Kagen the Damned

“My destiny belongs to me, and I will decide what that is.”
― Evelyn Skye, Damsel

“Though we are the creators of our wealth, we quickly become slaves to it”
― C.J. Adrien, The Lords of the Wind

“There is no pride in conquest or bloodshed, only in kindness, only in decency. You enslave six hundred thousand. I saved two from the bull, and now I will save a third from you. That makes me worth more than all your wars could ever make you.”
― Daniel Arenson, Flame of Requiem: The Complete Trilogy