Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.

Dan Wells

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Life is too short. It's too precious. We have to live in this world, but we don't have to wallow in it. We don't have to fill our lives with all of this darkness.

life-is-too-short darkness world

Humans aren't defined by death, and they're not defined by what they lack. They're defined by their connections.

defined connections humans

I love talking to people and hearing their stories. Everyone's got their own story to tell, and when you sit down with someone and really talk to them, you can learn so much.

stories talking people

Dead bodies are calm and silent—perfectly still, perfectly harmless. A corpse will never move, it will never laugh, and it will never judge. A corpse will never shout at you, hit you, or leave you. Far away from the zombies and junk that you see on TV, a corpse is actually the perfect friend. The perfect pet. I feel more comfortable with them than I do with real people.

real people moving

Love's not the point. We just do what we always do, and we get by... by Dan Wells

Love's not the point. We just do what we always do, and we get by.

Fear is about things that you can't control. The future or the dark, or someone trying to kill you. You don't get scared of yourself because you always know what you're going to do.

scared dark trying

Fear is a ... it's a weird thing, when you think about it. People are only afraid of other things, they're never afraid of themselves.

weird-things people thinking

The monster behind the wall stirred. I'd come to think of it as a monster, but it was just me. Or the darker part of me, at least. You probably think it would be creepy to have a real monster hiding inside of you, but trust me - it's far, far worse when the monster is really just your own mind. Calling it a monster seemed to distance it a little, which made me feel better about it. Not much better, but I take what I can get.

wall distance real

Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.' 'No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.' 'But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us together. 'Smile!' 'I don't need a picture with-' the flash snapped '-another guy. That's great, Mom, thank you. Send that one to Dad and tell him we're going steady.

dad guy mom

I'm the demonslayer. Come and get me. by Dan Wells

I'm the demonslayer. Come and get me.

APD is primarily defined as a lack of empathy,' I said. I'd looked it up too, a few months ago. Empathy is what allows people to interpret emotion, the same way ears interpret sounds; without it you become emotionally deaf. 'It means I don't connect emotionally with other people. I wondered if he was going to pick that one.' 'How do you even know that?' she said. 'You're fifteen years old, for goodness' sake. You should be ... I don't know, chasing girls or playing video games.' 'You're telling a sociopath to chase girls?

girl mean years

It doesn't matter how many they kill," I told him. "And it's not awesome-it's wrong." "Then why do you talk about them all the time?" asked Max. "Because wrong is interesting.

max matter interesting

I simply felt alone, one leaf sitting miles away from a giant, co... by Dan Wells

I simply felt alone, one leaf sitting miles away from a giant, communal pile.

leafs giants sitting

My wit is like your legs," said Xochi. " It would be selfish of m... by Dan Wells

My wit is like your legs," said Xochi. " It would be selfish of me to keep it hidden.

legs selfish would-be

Each life has a different purpose, and some people can find their purpose more easily than others. The key, the most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice" "No matter why you're here, no matter why any of us are here, you're never tied down to fate. You're never locked in. You make your own choices, Kira, and you can't let anyone ever take that away from you.

fate keys people

When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing she had ever known. The earth was flat and brown, a field of dirt as barren as the moon, a single road stretching in the distance. the last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. Then they disappeared, and there was nothing left but nothing.

distance moon fall

I'd like to think humans have a stronger sense of justice than th... by Dan Wells

I'd like to think humans have a stronger sense of justice than the random forces of nature do.

stronger justice thinking

Life comes from death, and weakness teaches us strength. by Dan Wells

Life comes from death, and weakness teaches us strength.

teach weakness

Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't.

impossible-things natural world

There are some things more important than ourselves - more important than the limits of the present, and the whims of the now. There is a future to build and protect. And if we're going to make that future as reality, we have to stop fighting among ourselves. We have to end dissent whenever we find it. We have to trust one another again.

fighting important reality