Eva Sparks > Quotes

“There isn’t one person in the world who doesn’t have their own demons to fight. The only difference is that some demons choose to grab hold of us when we are younger, some as we get older. It doesn’t matter when they decide to hitch a ride with you; what matters is that you keep fighting them, that you decide you’re going to beat them after all, no matter how long it takes.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“We don’t get the luxury of riding into the sunset without any scars.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“t0”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“words”
― Eva Sparks, The Devil's Daughter

“They have to blame someone,” I say. “You know that. It makes them feel more secure in a time of fear and uncertainty.”
― Eva Sparks, The Killer's Son

“of courage to face down your fears and your pain, to tell them resolutely that they will not own you. That they don’t own you.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“Mom”
― Eva Sparks, The Face of Evil

“already have enough nicks and scratches on my heart from where things just didn’t turn out the way everyone hoped.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“of”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“evolved,”
― Eva Sparks, The Devil's Daughter

“this”
― Eva Sparks, The Devil's Daughter

“It takes a great deal of courage to face down your fears and your pain, to tell them resolutely that they will not own you. That they don’t own you. But taking control and not remaining the victim is the first step, and doing that is a choice I still have to make at the start of each new day.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“My therapist told me that my affection for domestic animals was because I intuitively knew that they couldn’t hurt me the way that humans had.”
― Eva Sparks, Her Final Wish

“Remember, you are not your father.” She placed a hand on Allie’s shoulder. “His mistakes were the source of your origin story, not your destination.”
― Eva Sparks, The Devil's Daughter

“Life is so fragile. You never can tell what really awaits you around the next corner. In a moment, everything can be absolutely perfect, and the next it is ripped away by a dark reaper intent on only leaving sorrow and tears in its stead.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl in Room 16

“worry gives a small thing a big shadow.”
― Eva Sparks, One More Grave

“levy”
― Eva Sparks, His Fatal Game

“I think it was Edmund Burke who said that the only thing needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.”
― Eva Sparks, The Girl Who Woke Up

“Pain is harder to bear without a purpose.”
― Eva Sparks, The Face of Evil

“Ironically, we will walk right past a living person in need of care and attention. We sneer at their needs and ignore their pain. But once they’re beyond help, suddenly they’re worthy of medical and police attention. A tragedy that needs justice.”
― Eva Sparks, The Devil's Daughter

“Even if I live to be a hundred years old, my time on this earth will still be so short. I want to know that my time here mattered and that, because I was here, other people were left better off.”
― Eva Sparks, One More Grave