The Burning by Evan Winter

The Rage of Dragons

“The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve.” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“I'd rather live with a thing done poorly than do nothing and always wonder how things could have been.” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“Life is nothing more than moments in time. To achieve greatness, you have to give up those moments. You have to give your life to your goal.” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“He was not the strongest, the quickest, or the most talented, not by any measure. He knew this and knew he could not control this. However, he could control his effort, the work he put in, and there he would not be beaten.” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“I’m not asking you to win. That’s not solely in your control,” Aren said. “I’m asking that you fight to win. Anything less is the acceptance of loss and an admission that you deserve it.” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“The wars you’ll wage aren’t decided when you fight them. They’re decided before that, by the extent of your effort and the substance of your sacrifices. They are decided by the choices you make every single day. So ask yourself: ‘how powerful do I choose to be?” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“moon, they’d be fighting in the dark. “It’s late,” said Oyibo, avoiding Tau’s eyes. Tau had conscripted his help after Yaw stopped showing up. “One,” Tau said. “Only one more.” “It’s just… it’s just you keep saying that…” ― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

The Fires of Vengence

“Rage is love...twisted in on itself. Rage reaches into the world when we can no longer contain the hurt of being treated as if our life and loves do not matter. Rage, and its consequences, are what we get when the world refuses to change for anything less.” ― Evan Winter, The Fires of Vengeance

“Rage reaches into the world when we can no longer contain the hurt of being treated as if our life and loves do not matter. Rage, and its consequences, are what we get when the world refuses to change for anything less.”

“only path to becoming what others cannot is to suffer what others will not.” ― Evan Winter, The Fires of Vengeance

“There’s more of us than them, and when we finally refuse to survive on the scraps they throw us, our numbers will make all the difference.”

“You call me a monster because I won’t let you treat me like my life is worthless, a thing to be used and thrown away?” it said. “You call me a monster because I refuse to live like you think I deserve? If that’s what you mean by monster, watch me be monstrous!”