Love's not the point. We just do what we always do, and we get by. Dan Wells More Quotes by Dan Wells More Quotes From Dan Wells I stared at her closely, studying her face, her eyes, everything. This was the angel that tamed a demon; the soul that trapped him and held him with a power he'd never felt before. Love. Dan Wells angeleyesoul Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't. It's like learning a foreign language: You can think about the words all you want, but you'll never be able to speak it until you suck up your courage and say them out loud. Dan Wells impossible-thingsworldthinking I cursed him then, not because his tears were fake, but because they were real. I cursed him for showing me, with every tear and every smile and every sincere emotion he had, that I was the real freak. Dan Wells faketearsreal Facts are too busy being true to worry about how you feel about them. Dan Wells how-you-feelworryfacts Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone. Dan Wells teethstonesheart Feelings aren't good or bad. They're just weak or strong. Love, for example, is weak: someone loves you, you love them back, you're happy for a while, and then it fades away. But if one of those lovers betrays the other, then you have a real emotion - then you have something powerful, something that leaves a mark you'll never be rid of. Betrayal is the most delicious of all, but it takes a while to set it up, and fear can be just as intense if you know what you're doing. Dan Wells betrayalpowerfulstrong Love is when you have the opportunity of turning someone's feelings or trust or vulnerability against them, but you don't. You make promises you don't want to keep, but you keep them because they're right; you help people who can't help you back. [...] Love is when you find something so great, sonecessary, that it becomes more important to you than your own goals, than your own life - not because your life has no meaning without it, but because it gives your life a meaning it never had before. Dan Wells back-loveopportunitylove-is If I'm going to spend the whole night waiting for you guys to stop flirting and shoot each other, I want to at least be entertained. Dan Wells flirtingguynight Ready...set-y...spaghetti! Dan Wells spaghettiready I wanted everything to stay the same, but you wanted things to be better, it's just...going to be a whole lot worse for awhile first. And I think I knew that, and I was scared of it." - Marcus Dan Wells scaredfirststhinking I am stronger than my trials. Dan Wells strongertrials It's like . . . time is flowing backward. We're caveman archeologists in the ruins of the future. Dan Wells ruins I'm going to cure RM." Marcus laughed. "I wondered when someone would finally get around to that. It's been on my to-do list for ages, but you know how things are: Life gets so busy, and saving the human race is such an inconvenience. Dan Wells savingraceage It's not John who wants to cut his mother into tiny pieces, it's Mr. Monster. See? I feel better already. Dan Wells cuttingfeel-bettermother The most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice. Dan Wells importantchoicesbravery I guess all we have left are awesome dreams. Dan Wells leftdream Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. Dan Wells sometimeshandsneeds I'd rather know how you feel than hope and wonder and delude myself for weeks on end. Dan Wells how-you-feelweekwonder I'd made a long list of exceptions to cover the area between "ignoring her completely" and "abducting her at knifepoint. Dan Wells listsmadelong This book is dedicated to the rule breakers, the troublemakers, and the revolutionaries. Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. Dan Wells bookhandsneeds
