Robin Parrish > Quotes

“We all have that moment in life when something terrible happens for the first time. Something so unexpected, so awful, that it takes the magic out of the world. Life becomes harder, colder. And everything we do in our lives, from that day on, is our way of coping with that one moment. We stop living and we merely exist. We either choose to move on from that, or we let it consume us.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“his get up and go had gone up and went”
― Robin Parrish, Corridor

“Being fearless doesn't mean having an absence of fear. It means you press on in spite of fear.”
― Robin Parrish

“That sound you hear is my dreams crashing and burning.”
― Robin Parrish

“Who? What's wrong?" Daniel stammered.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Well, somebody got the deluxe package."
He turned at last to face the intruder. She was in her mid-to-late twenties. Wearing a no-muss T-shirt and jeans. She went without makeup, a rarity for L.A., and there was no jewelry either.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Life is poetry,” said Mae. “Stop. Watch. Listen. There’s poetry all over. And the thing about poetry? It don’t write itself.”
― Robin Parrish, Offworld

“Doesn´t matter who you are or what you believe. Everybody has a ghost story”
― Robin Parrish, Nightmare

“Collin Boyd stepped off the Metro bus on his way to work, and across the street he saw himself strolling down the sidewalk.
A stubborn but warm February rain was pouring hard across the concrete canyons of downtown. His foot had landed ankle-deep in a drainage puddle, and his half-broken umbrella wasn't extending as it should. But the umbrella, which had”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Good luck, son,”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“You know what it’s like to ride fire in battle,” said Roston. “You’ve watched good men fall around you for causes they don’t believe in. You know, Captain, as I do, that many of the things we’re ordered to do are done solely to fulfill the self-satisfying agendas or stroke the egos of men who’ve never risked blood on a battlefield.”
― Robin Parrish, Offworld

“her”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“There’s more to life than what you can see. You were born to this world, but you’re meant for another.”
― Robin Parrish, Offworld

“Collin Boyd stepped off the Metro bus on his way to work, and across the street he saw himself strolling down the sidewalk.
A stubborn but warm February rain was pouring hard across the concrete canyons of downtown. His foot”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Collin increased his own speed, tailing his doppelganger from about fifteen paces behind. The impossibility of the situation seemed like an absurd thing to think about right now as he spied on himself walking to work in the rain, yet nothing else entered his mind. It couldn't be impossible”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“The only way out is to Run. But you have to do it now. Stay where you are, and you’re dead!”
― Robin Parrish, Corridor

“Without ever deciding to, Collin moved his legs. He crossed the bustling downtown street, just aware enough of the cars, buses, and bicycles zipping by to dodge them. But his eyes remained on the man who looked like him, who checked his watch No, that's my watch, he reminded himself-and then picked up his pace, apparently realizing he was about to be late for work. Late for”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“through the crowd, headed in the direction of Collin's workplace. He wasn't a man who merely resembled Collin. He was him. The same face, the same body, the same walk. He wore the clothes and raincoat Collin had put on that morning. He carried Collin's briefcase. It was only then that Collin noticed he no longer”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Collin Boyd stepped off the Metro bus on his way to work, and across the street he saw himself strolling down the sidewalk.
A stubborn but warm February rain was pouring hard across the concrete”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“unbearable cry pierced the darkness. It was the sound of pain. The sound of birth.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Collin gave a dazed wave. As the bus chugged slowly along, passing within inches of his face, his stunned reflection gazed back at him in the glass windows as they passed by.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“You’re not alone in this. Even though it felt like you were more alone than anyone has ever been .”
― Robin Parrish, Offworld

“Who was that? What’s the White Room?” he said, panic rising again. “What is this place?” “This is the Corridor.”
― Robin Parrish, Corridor

“The Corridor is a series of environments, challenges, and puzzles that have to be overcome. I’m the Conduit, you’re the Runner. I’m here to tell you the rules. You must decide how to use them.”
― Robin Parrish, Corridor

“Grant said. "I've already told you too much," Evers replied. It struck Grant that suddenly Evers looked very old. "It won't be long now," he said quietly. Grant's mind was racing too fast to catch the remark, but once he did, he came crashing to a stop. "Not long until what?" "There's more," Evers said, urgency rising into his voice, "much more you need to know; I'm sorry I won't get a chance to tell you. But you don't last as long as I have in this business without planning for every possible contingency, and trust me, I have. So did your father." "I don't understand," said Grant. "How long has it been, son?" Evers asked, wistful. "How long since you were there? Your parents' old house?" Grant blinked. "I don't know. More than twenty-five years, I guess." "Go back." "What? Why?" The first home he'd ever known-where his father and sister lived with him, before the orphanage-was military housing on an old Army base north of Monterey. Only vague images remained as his memory of the place. "Would the house even”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“we all have that moment in life when something terrible happens for the first time. Something so unexpected, so awful, that it . . . it takes the magic out of the world. Life becomes harder, colder. And everything we do in our lives, from that day on, is our way of coping with that one moment. We stop living and we merely exist. We either choose to move on from that, or we let it consume us.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“Collin Boyd stepped off the Metro bus on his way to work, and across the street he saw himself strolling down the sidewalk. A stubborn”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“isn’t the men who declare war who have to wage it. Only those of us who live in the field truly understand the realities of power.”
― Robin Parrish, Offworld

“The conversation he'd been waiting years for. Quite possibly his entire life for.”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless

“There are more colors in the crayon box than black and white, hotshot," she countered. "Everyone's got their own agenda, and I do mean everyone. And it's rarely the one they let you see. But”
― Robin Parrish, Relentless