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Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2) QUOTES

Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2) QUOTES

1 " But what if it can’t be fixed?” I ask before I even realize I’m going to speak. “Or if I can’t fix it without hurting even more people?” Sister Elba pauses to close the armonica case and then walks toward the steps, stopping a few short feet away from the bench where she will die. “People faced those kinds of decisions every day during the War and after. It’s a hard lesson in life, but you have to accept that some things are out of your hands. Otherwise, you’ll never know a single minute of peace. You mend what you can, and you let the rest go. You just let it go. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

2 " Waiting politely won’t get you across the street in Boston,” he informs me, “at least not in 1905. There aren’t any of those blinking idiot signs that show a hand and count down the seconds for you. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

3 " It’s like Niemöller said, if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

4 " It’s a hard lesson in life, but you have to accept that some things are out of your hands. Otherwise, you’ll never know a single minute of peace. You mend what you can, and you let the "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

5 " It’s a hard lesson in life, but you have to accept that some things are out of your hands. Otherwise, you’ll never know a single minute of peace. You mend what you can, and you let the rest go. You just let it go.” I "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

6 " Some people feel they’re being oppressed or held back, even if they have everything they need or everything that a reasonable person could want. Some people always want more. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

7 " that increasing the role of religion in society would make things worse, not better. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

8 " But most people are fools,” Tilson continues. “They see exactly what they want to see and nothing more. It’s like Niemöller said, if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

9 " Kiernan doesn’t answer. He just turns toward the door and walks out, limping. He bangs both the cabin door and the porch door on his way out. Pretty sad for someone who seems to think he’s being the adult here. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

10 " I’d like to think those laws will be overturned, but the Supreme Court is as useless as tits on a bull these days. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

11 " You’ll always have discontents in any system, Kate. Some people feel they’re being oppressed or held back, even if they have everything they need or everything that a reasonable person could want. Some people always want more. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

12 " They see exactly what they want to see and nothing more. It’s like Niemöller said, if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

13 " Things that are different, things that don’t fit into our own typical surroundings, do tend to set off some sort of subliminal trigger in most people. Your pulse beats faster, you become more aware of your environment, more in touch with your fight-or-flight response. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

14 " You know, this would be a lot easier to get used to if you had to go back to your TARDIS or whatever before you disappeared. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

15 " You look very librarian.” He’s right. The blue dress falls just below the knee and is probably the frumpiest-looking thing I’ve ever worn, but at least it’s loose enough that I can fight in it if I have to. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

16 " if you ignore it when they’re taking rights from everyone else, pretty soon they’ll come after yours, and there’s no one left to protest. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

17 " I think it’s important to know you’re wanted, maybe even needed, don’t you? Gives you somethin’ to hold on to when you’re off in a strange place. Kinda like you are now, right, child? "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

18 " I think it’s important to know you’re wanted, maybe even needed, don’t you? Gives you somethin’ to hold on to when you’re off in a strange place. "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

19 " having the wisdom to tell what you can’t change from what you can? "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)

20 " Trey grabs my hand across the table, lacing our fingers together. “Okay, what I said back there in the garage? I meant it. We have to find some way to make this work. And I think doing that is going to require complete honesty and openness on both sides. Shall I start? "

― Rysa Walker , Time's Edge (The Chronos Files, #2)