Dan Krokos > Quotes

“I don't know who I am, but I might be a badass.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“You didn't break my nose,” he says.“Too bad.”“No, that’s good,” he says. “Because I would've broken yours.”“You’d hit a girl?”“We fight all the time.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“He stops pacing. 'I know, Miranda, I did it because I—'

'Stop! Don't say it. I don't want to hear you say it.'

'I have to say it,' Noah says.

'No, you don't.' If I hear him say the word love, I don't know what I'll do. I still have my gun. Maybe one day I can forgive him, but all chance of that goes out the window if he claims he did it for love. If you love someone, the idea is respect them enough to trust them. Not to take away their freedom. Their life.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“That's what people do when they're in love. They make crazy decisions. They do what they think is best, and sometimes it turns out to be a mistake.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“Peter smiles at me, shaking his head. Behind the smile I can see he’s scared as I am. Blood drips onto his lips. “You never did listen to my orders,” he said.

I smiled back. “Aren’t you glad you’ll have company?”
― Dan Krokos

“Sometimes, if she was afraid, she’d take all her fear and gather it up and turn it into anger. Anger didn’t paralyze the way fear did. It was the opposite of being helpless. But it was dangerous too, because you could end up being angry all the time.”
― Dan Krokos, The Planet Thieves

“Mason knew what it was like to say things you didn’t mean, to just have them vomit out, and then feel that crushing ache when you realized you could never pull them back.”
― Dan Krokos, The Planet Thieves

“Why are you so good to me Peter?"

My head tilts back against the tree. My eyes are too heavy to keep open. I feel the vague sensation of his hands sliding under me, weightlessness as he lifts me up and settles me against his broad chest.

On the edge of sleep, I hear him whisper,"That's for me to know and you to never find out.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“A hard soldier is a strong soldier is a living soldier.”
― Dan Krokos, The Planet Thieves

“Your memories don't make you who you are.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“I'm sorry I don't remember."
He shrugs like it doesn't matter, but it does, and we both know it. "We'll make new memories.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“His pulse races under my palms. "Was there ever. . .between us, was there ever something?" I say.
He shakes his head. "Just for me. But you were always Noah's."
"I don't want to be."
He doesn't say anything.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“Peter opens his eyes and they are tearless and fierce, revealing a glimpse of his true self. Pure animalistic strength. There was never any fear for him to hide.”
― Dan Krokos, False Memory

“He’d read in a textbook once a quote by the famous Captain Reynolds: I am not a brave man. But bravery, like most things, can be faked. And sometimes, in rare instances, it will lead to the real thing.”
― Dan Krokos, The Planet Thieves

“You didn't break my nose," he says.
"Too bad."
"No, that's good," he says. "Because I would've broken yours."
"You'd hit a girl?"
"We fight all the time.”
― Dan Krokos

“We've fought monsters before, but not an army.”
― Dan Krokos, False Future

“Susan had told him once that bravery was when you wanted to pee your pants, but you kept fighting”
― Dan Krokos, The Planet Thieves