Humor Quotes
60"Praetorians are an uppity breed."
- Ajax au Grimmus
Light Bringer, ch. 22: Lysander: Iron, Death, Gold, p. 199
"Sefi once told me fruit is never sweeter than after you’ve eaten shit.” He peels a tangerine and eats it before spitting it out. “Not ripe yet.” He considers his braves. “They will mourn later. For now it is enough they know their brothers would smile to see them living. So they smile for their brothers, for they had a good death. Later they will miss them. Later they will mourn."
- Valdir the Unshorn
Light Bringer, ch. 29: Virginia: Pity Them, p. 244
"gifts. Cicero au Votum.” She thrusts forward Cicero on the end of a leash and holds up a rotted head. “And Ajax au Grimmus. The rest of him couldn’t make it."
- Victra au Julii
Light Bringer, ch. 31: Virginia: Détente, p. 252
"So you’re just gonna let that arrogant piece of shit waddle off to the ass-end of space,” Sevro mutters. “He shouldn’t get a happy ending."
- Sevro au Barca
Light Bringer, ch. 39: Darrow: Under the Golden Gaze, p. 322
"You have a callsign already?” “Red Banshee,” I say. “It’s rude to start a friendship with lies,” he replies. “What is it really? You can be honest with me.” I grimace. “Truffle Pig.” “Oh dear.” A smile creeps across his face. “You really shouldn’t have told me that."
- Cassius au Bellona
Light Bringer, ch. 42: Lyria: Rat in the Machine, p. 347
"Really, Dominus Lune. What kind of monster would kill his own mother?"
- Volsung Fá
Light Bringer, ch. 50: Lysander: Heavy is the Head, p. 417
"I just wanted to see the Reaper in an open field,” he says. “The verdict is in. You’re a menace to savage and civilized alike."
- Cassius au Bellona
Light Bringer, ch. 54: Darrow: Pella! Pella! Pella!, p. 441
"You kill one terrorist warlord…"
- Cassius au Bellona
Light Bringer, ch. 58: Lyria: Europa, p. 465
"What a waste of talent. Honestly, it’s like a bad joke. We might be the best three razormasters to share a room in the last sixty years, and it’s a prison! And not one of us was taken in a straight fight."
- Cassius au Bellona
Light Bringer, ch. 61: Darrow: The Three Masters, p. 482
"My goodmen, it’s uncivilized to do anything but laugh in the face of death. Why do you think I’m always so jaunty these days?"