26 Quotes by David Estes

If they ever create an award for best conversationalist, let me know and I’ll apply. Until then, have a sip from my bottle of I-Don’t-Give-A-Crap and keep on walking. – Laney.

No beast of reality, or creature of imagination, is as terrible as mankind.

Words can split logs and start fires and break stones, but they can also hug you and warm you and fight the wars you don’t have the strength to fight.

They can never hope to fight for equality if the very weapons they have to fight are not equal.

If you’d have told me two weeks ago that one day I’d be part of a not-so-merry band of Necros seeking to exterminate a couple of other magic-born gangs, I’d have given you directions to the strait-jacket factory.

When I’m sixteen and reach the midpoint of my life, I’ll have my first child. Not ’cause I want to, or ’cause I made a silly decision with a strapping young boy after sneaking a few sips of my father’s fire juice, but ’cause I must. It’s the Law of my people, the Heaters; a Law that’s kept us alive and thriving for many years. A Law I fear.

Sometimes it’s best to hide in plain sight.

But – ” I start to say. “It never helps to start a sentence from behind,” Katherine says, trying to add some lightness to the conversation.