David Estes Quotes & Sayings

Only through our positive thinking and actions do we become strong. Even the weakest person in the world can become the strongest in their own mind. — David Estes

As they say, with great power comes great responsibility."
"Are you screwin' with me, man?" Taylor asked bluntly. — David Estes

It's like my mind knows to stay as far away from him as possible ... but my bones, my skin quiver in his presence. — David Estes

This isn't about redemption ... This is about family. — David Estes

But - " I start to say. "It never helps to start a sentence from behind," Katherine says, trying to add some lightness to the conversation. — David Estes

Tristan grabs my chin and pulls it toward him and then we're ripping off our masks and kissing, his lips so soft and yet moving fiercely against mine. I wrap a hand around the back of his head, lace my fingers through his hair, breathe him in, kiss him back. My heart blossoms. — David Estes

You'll learn far more by listening than you ever will by speaking. — David Estes

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. — David Estes

Minda says, "Yeah. Just do what Janice does and you'll be fine."
"You want us to all wear tiger-striped dresses?" Harrison asks.
"Sure. So long as you laser your legs first," Minda says. — David Estes

Pain is the great equalizer, the cure to mental anguish, the antidote for a hopeful heart. — David Estes

The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. — David Estes

There are only so many moments in one's life, and then it's over. And I'm determined to make the most of every moment from here on out. — David Estes

He throws his hands up in a request for mercy, I'm not in the mood so I stab him in the heart. — David Estes

You made friends with a prickler?" Hawk says, standing just inside the secret opening, apparently having come inside during my story, "I'm confused," Adele says. "At first I thought pricklers were some kind of plant, but are they an animal? Or some weird kind of person?"
"We ate your friend" Tristan says, his handsome face screwed up even more. — David Estes

He hugs me and I'm home.
He kisses me and I'm never alone. — David Estes

My nose!" he screams, blood gushing between his fingers. "She broke my freakin' nose!"
A rush of pride courses through me. That's my girlfriend. — David Estes

The old woman is talking to herself. In between speaking to us, she's saying things like, A finger for breakfast, a hand for lunch, an ear for dinner, munch, munch, munch! — David Estes

I haven't done anything, except be born. — David Estes

How do you know they're all evil and deserve to die? Who made you judge, jury and executioner? — David Estes

My dad used to say the definition of stupidity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Or maybe that was the definition of crazy. — David Estes

But hope is an elusive thing, always there, but never where you expect it to be. After all, hope's brother is despair, and they're always working together to crush the minds and souls of even the strongest men and women. — David Estes

There are some things more important than your own life. Like friendship, and love, and trust, and goodness. — David Estes

A simple touch, but it speaks so much to me. It's the way I would touch Circ - the way he would touch me. More'n a touch - a feeling. These two mean a great deal to each other, that much is as clear as the cloudless sky above us. — David Estes

He wondered what his heart would look like if he could pluck it from his chest and inspect it. — David Estes

Eventually, Simon shifts his position, grunting lightly, and then says, "Nice makeover."
"Are you hitting on me?" Harrison jokes.
"All I want is to be your frienemy," Simon jokes back.
"I'm not ready for commitment," Harrison says. "Too young for that. — David Estes

The beauty of physical pain is that it wipes out the other forms of pain. — David Estes

I find that the less emotion I put into life, the less the past seems to hurt. — David Estes

I don't particularly like confrontation. Unfortunately, confrontation seems to like me quite a lot. — David Estes

I don't think kids should be judged by what their stupid parents do. — David Estes

Happy moments are like stars. They appear so close you think you can touch them, but really they're fleeting and a million miles away. Enjoy them from afar and don't come to expect them. In your life there will be more cloudy nights than clear ones. — David Estes

This girl's out of her mind, about two pebbles short of a cave-in. — David Estes

Sometimes it's best to hide in plain sight. — David Estes

Ignorance is the worst plague of all, a form of blindness that destroys the hearts of the people who hide behind it. — David Estes

No beast of reality, or creature of imagination, is as terrible as mankind. Or as loving. It's a contradiction. I've always liked contradictions. Today I see both sides of the coin unveiled in gruesome and beautiful imagery, captured by my eyes and filed away in my mind, like still shots taken by a world-renowned photographer. — 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 — David Estes

Is he seriously joking with me? The master of the dark art of raising the dead has become a standup comedian? Surely this is the end of the world. — David Estes

It's like she was metal and I was a magnet, Roc. But at the same time it felt like someone had shoved an electric wire into my skin and was frying me from the inside. It hurt like hell. No, worse than hell, Roc. And yet, somehow across the distance, through the fence, over the mob of people, I felt a pull to her, even though I knew it would hurt me to be closer to her. I probably would have just let it go, chalked it up to male hormones, but then when she acted so strong, pushed that guy ... I don't know, since then I can't get her out of my mind. — David Estes

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. — David Estes

It sickens me that humans, who are capable of such goodness and love, can also be the tools of horrifying atrocities, as if possessed by the very demons they claim to hate and fear. — David Estes

My brain is telling me to stop staring at him, but for some reason I can't. It's almost ... instinct ... to keep on looking at him. — David Estes

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

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. — David Estes

Sometimes, girls, you have to hit your lowest low just before you hit your highest high. It makes you appreciate the good things so much more. — David Estes

Do demons even have to brush their teeth?"
Chris chuckled. "I brush my teeth and even floss sometimes. I also eat, shower and sleep, too. — David Estes

Traaaiiinnn," Roc repeats slowly, sounding out the word for me like I'm stupid. "T-R-A-I-N. Spell it with me, Tristan. — David Estes

Don't kill the humans, the zombies, the guys in the dark cloaks or the girls that glow like the sun. Oh, or the crazy old woman with the fingernails growing out of her head.
Rhett — David Estes

Words have power, for better or worse.
Like the smell of fresh rain on cut grass,
Or the stench of a decaying corpse,
Like the soft comfort of a warm blanket on your shoulders,
Or the agony of a dagger splitting your chest in two.
Use them wisely. — David Estes

Family doesn't go one way. It goes every way. We help each other, we protect each other, and we die for each other, if that's what it takes. — David Estes

Blaming yourself is like a curse eating you from within, a rogue virus, cancerous and poisonous. It will drive you mad if you let it . — David Estes