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181 " How did one go on when the very best part of them had been stripped away? How did one move forward when their current life felt but a pale shade of their former? "
― David Estes , Deathmarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #4)
182 " Roan "
― David Estes , Soulmarked (The Fatemarked Epic #3)
183 " the earth even notice our struggles? Or are we nothing more than squatters on its blue/green/brown flanks? "
― David Estes , Brew (Salem's Revenge, #1)
184 " Could present goodness wash away past badness? "
185 " The world is perfect. We’re the only ones who make it horrible. And yet there is beauty amongst us, too. Surely you can see it in your people? "
― David Estes , Truthmarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #2)
186 " Freedom is not always easy, but it is always right. But remember: You can’t command someone to be free. "
187 " She thinks maybe happiness isn’t an automatic thing—that sometimes you have to go through a whole lot of awful to find it. That sometimes it comes when you least expect it, and so you should enjoy every second of joy you get. "
― David Estes , The Slip Trilogy Complete Boxed Set
188 " Have human lives become like a tube of toothpaste? Something to be used up and thrown away? At first the tube seems so big, so full of life. But after just a few uses it becomes dented and lumpy—already life is ebbing away from it—and it’s only a matter of time before the final bit is squeezed out, rendering it an empty vessel, good for nothing. "
― David Estes , The Dwellers Saga Boxed Set
189 " The moons passed in the night, watching each other with longing. "
― David Estes , Lifemarked (The Fatemarked Epic, #5)
190 " ...in the end, we all die. But we don't die equal. "
― David Estes , The Earth Dwellers (The Dwellers #4; Country Saga #4 )
191 " Screwing with stuff happens to be my specialty, "
― David Estes , Slip (Slip, #1)
192 " Fire is as beautiful as it is deadly. Those who seek to tame it will find themselves burned.” Empress Fire Sandes, deceased "
193 " Once he’d thought peace was about preventing war, but now he knew that was only part of it. The other part was ending war, which sometimes meant you had to win the day, defeat your enemies. Not everyone could be your ally or your friend. Evil had to be snuffed out before it burned the world to the ground. "
194 " Correction. You’ll let the whole school know what you find out,” I say. "
195 " the probability in equal proportion, "
196 " Like this, they’re invisible to the world, like when they kissed in the Tunnels; but the moment they pull apart, they’re wanted criminals with death sentences hanging over them. "
197 " Xave. "
198 " the situation you’re born into doesn’t dictate who you are or who you become. "
― David Estes , Grip (Slip, #2)
199 " There’s no such thing as a simple life,” she said. “Life, by its very definition, is a complex creature. Anyone who believes otherwise is a fool. "
200 " Is this a terrorist attack?” someone shouts. A buzz of fear runs through the crowd, the word “terrorist” muttered like a curse. "