Dan Smith > Quotes

“It made him feel more alive than he had felt for weeks.”
― Dan Smith, Below Zero

“I wept for the darkness that had come into this life and for the light that had gone out of it. I wept for the space that would never be filled.”
― Dan Smith, The Child Thief

“Human nature is human nature. We subject ourselves to things we know we might not be able to endure. We do it to test ourselves, to scratch an itch, to punish ourselves. Whatever the reason, we can’t help but look at atrocity. Even if it’s only to reassure ourselves that our own life could always be worse. I”
― Dan Smith, The Darkest Heart

“But I couldn’t be sure we wouldn’t all die here on the steppe with snow in our mouths and holes in our hearts.”
― Dan Smith, The Child Thief