Daniel Nick > Quotes

“When we create monsters, we have no right to expect them not to act monstrous.”
― Daniel Nick, War Dog: Hound of the Gods Book One

“If not for the wind, Alan would have become a ghost of his former self after he lost Elizabeth. He would have lain awake in his bed all the time, crying over his terrible loss. To lose his wife like that was more than he could possibly have stood. He would have died soon thereafter, dreaming about the long hours of love and tenderness spent on his beauties in the garden.”
― Daniel Nick, Coffee and Dreams, Volume 3

“If you leave it up to a War God, the answer will always be war.”
― Daniel Nick, Mad Dog Mean: Hound of the Gods Book Three

“I held up a hand, "This is where you lose me. How can Sammy be part of this? Dora and I couldn't have kids, so we adopted Sammy." I repeated, "How can he be part of this?"
My father frowned as if I had disappointed him, "Are you really asking that, son?"
"Yes!"
"Is Sammy your son?"
"Of course," I said at once.
"In every way?"
"Yes."
"So what are you confused about? This charge runs in families, not something as mundane as blood or genetics."
It was at that point that I finally believed them both. It's the only option when you hear the Truth.”
― Daniel Nick, Coffee and Dreams, Volume 4

“My first instinct was to draw my gun and maybe shoot one just to let them know I didn't appreciate the scare, but I've come a long way in the last few months if I do say so myself.”
― Daniel Nick, The Hands That Feed: Hound of the Gods Book Two

“I wept for the childhood of abuse that turned me into the beast. I wept for the friends and family that had died by my hands while in the Riastrad.
But mainly I wept for myself.”
― Daniel Nick, The Hands That Feed: Hound of the Gods Book Two

“I hated that fairytale. A happy go lucky boy of unblemished success and victory. A boy loved by all for killing every motherfucker that got in his way. I envied and despised that imaginary, simple version of me. A boy doesn't kill at age seven unless he's got really bad reasons to.”
― Daniel Nick, War Dog: Hound of the Gods Book One

“I’ll tell you how you are here, Donald. Because you walk the realities of the universe the way other humans walk down the streets of your New York - totally lost and stumbling across exciting new experiences.”
― Daniel Nick, Coffee and Dreams, Volume 2