14 Quotes by Scott Meyer

Everybody lies to children, even their parents. The day a child realizes that is the day they start becoming an adult.

There are some mistakes you can never make up for. There are things you can do wrong you can never do right. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. You should, but if it becomes clear that you won’t succeed, drop it. To force the issue just tortures the people you wronged in the first place. Once you’ve made your feelings clear, it’s better to leave and get on with your life.

Honor’s face turned bright red. Her knuckles went white. “Yes,” Honor said. “I understand, Mister Gibbons.” Gibbons nodded, making the common mistake of thinking that understanding and agreeing were the same thing.

That’s what makes reality reality, the fact that it just keeps being true no matter how much you argue with it.

Besides, it ain’t an accident that gangs are made up of young men who have nothing. We value our lives little enough to risk them for a little money or a lot of fun.