Honor's Knight Quotes

“Nothing pisses me off like having my sacrifices undermined.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“They weren’t even taking me seriously enough to bother removing my guns, which I took as a personal insult.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“The truth is that there are no heroes. We're all villains excusing our actions by hiding behind a greater good.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Now, you might think it’s hard to look intimidating when you’re dressed in a ratty T-shirt, barefoot, and unarmed facing down a man who has a good ten inches on you, but that’s bullshit. Intimidation is all about attitude. All you have to do is let just how much you’d love to kick the other guy’s ass show on your face and even the biggest skullheads will start backing down.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Memories are unruly things by nature. Some come when called, but most do exactly as they please, vanishing when you need them and popping up when you’d much rather they didn’t.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“He was leaning back on his bench, scratching his chin thoughtfully. “Why would Charkov sleep with you?” “Gee, I don’t know,” I said, glowering. “Maybe because he’s got good taste?”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“I’m not patient on a good day, and I hadn’t had any of those for a while.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“The situation was so ridiculously bad it could have been the punch line of a joke, and if I hadn’t been the one getting punched, I probably would have laughed myself sick.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Otherwise, it would have been much easier to just shoot you and be done with it.” I disagreed. The fact that I was still alive after so many combat tours was a testament to exactly how hard it is to “just shoot me and be done with it.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“I knew I’d have to face the music eventually, but for now, I was more than happy to procrastinate.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Before I’d signed on with Caldswell, my life had followed a pattern: obey orders, climb the ladder, keep my eyes on the prize. It was a good gig, dangerous and exciting with glory as my reward. Most of all, though, it was simple. A path of my own choosing where I did what I loved, knew where I fit, and understood where I was going. Now, though, I felt like a dollhouse in a tornado.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Get to the ship!” You’d have thought I was back in the army from how fast I obeyed.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Now, do you want to talk first or eat first?” My questions were burning a hole in my tongue, but I’d been a merc too long to turn down food. “Can’t we do both?”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“That, plus the huge traffic jams I could see on the public skyways even at this distance, told me this was no place for sensible people. Hell, it was probably no place for Terrans.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“You couldn’t trust people who treated life cheaply, she’d said, because they were the ones who’d sell you out for nothing.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Oh goody, we'd saved Caldswell.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“The war might be over, but scaring Terrans witless is one of life's little joys.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“But life wasn’t a gift that was given to you. Survival was a prize we all fought for together, not a guarantee bought at the cost of an innocent life.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Maps are freely available on the tribe ship grid, Hyrek typed. Though if you wish to think of me as all knowing, I will not disabuse you of the notion. “And so modest,” I added, rolling my eyes.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“I won't be a monster for you, Devi.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“Right, right, I get it, you're a doctor, not a hacker.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“The captain’s sister-in-law had traded her mechanic’s coveralls for a colorful shirt, shorts, and a huge straw hat. She looked like a tourist, and because I’m the helpful sort, I told her so.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“The captain’s sister-in-law had traded her mechanic’s coveralls for a colorful shirt, shorts, and a huge straw hat. She looked like a tourist, and because I’m the helpful sort, I told her so. “And”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight

“I was trying to give you a chance to come forward on your own. Now, though, I think it’s time you told us exactly what you’ve been seeing.” “You’ll think I’m crazy,” I warned. Caldswell shrugged. “I have a pretty high threshold for crazy. Just try me.” I”
― Rachel Bach, Honour's Knight

“Suffice it to say, I didn’t sleep well.”
― Rachel Bach, Honor's Knight