John Owen Theobald Quotes

#1. Always there have been six ravens at the Tower. If the ravens fly away, the kingdom will fall.

John Owen Theobald

#2. Thin rays of orange creep up Tower Bridge and I realize I have never seen the sunrise from here. I had no idea that it could rise, almost perfectly, between the two towers of the bridge. This new light is a new day, and Timothy Squire and I watch it together.

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#3. If the ravens leave the Tower, Britain will fall.

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#4. The force of the wind is like an angry sea. It is freezing. The machine putters through the air. I am floating, the sky flowing past me, flowing through me. The only sound is the wind swishing across the wings.

I am flying.

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#5. Queen Bee hates me. I know, as I reach the door, that nothing good waits for me on the other side. When you're called to see the Commanding Officer, you're either getting a medal or a kick in the arse.

And I'm not getting any medals.

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#6. If we are not ourselves now, when things are hardest, when we are needed most, when are we?

John Owen Theobald

#7. Smoke curls among the ruins of East London. Many of the buildings have burned to the ground or split like exploded rocks. Small lights bloom like a sea of candles. Even this rain will never put them all out.

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