M.R. Forbes > Quotes

“Pain is life, and life is pain. If it didn't hurt, you didn't care, and if you didn't care, you're already dead,”
― M.R. Forbes, Dead of Night

“We don’t get to choose the universe we live in. We only get to choose how we live in it.”
― M.R. Forbes, Invasion

“Love was a tricky thing, a word to describe something that for most intents was indescribable.”
― M.R. Forbes, War Eternal, Books 1-3

“It was long, with a wide body up front that tapered as it moved back. Multiple rotors sat on top of it, spinning so quickly they were only visible as a solid circle above it. More were situated along short wings on the tail at the back, and on a second pair of slightly larger wings closer to the front. An open hatch was spilling light on the port side, and Hayden could make out narrow lines running from it to the rooftop.”
― M.R. Forbes, Earth Unknown

“The human beast desires power, and the thirst for power breeds chaos, however much we may try to pretend we control it.”
― M.R. Forbes, Necromancer. The Complete Series Box Set.

“Do you believe that?” “Maybe if your only goal is to survive. If you want to thrive? I still think compassion and unity are the way to do it.”
― M.R. Forbes, Unforgiven

“The key to survival is adaptation,”
― M.R. Forbes, Earth Unending

“and I’d rather die doing something I believe in than live in fear and guilt.”
― M.R. Forbes, Forsaken

“The best way for us to win a war is not to fight one.”
― M.R. Forbes, Desperation

“Loving someone wasn’t about being loved. It was about sacrificing anything and everything you had for them, without resentment, without remorse, without regret.”
― M.R. Forbes, Rebellion. The Complete Series.

“He hopped out of the chair. His wrist hurt from the minor surgery, but it was better than having the Spacers corner him. He was more concerned about the noise. Random noises never meant anything good. He would have preferred if more had followed.”
― M.R. Forbes, Earth Unknown

“Millions of years ago, life emerged from the ocean to dry land. Did we return to the ocean or did we fish it for our sustenance?”
― M.R. Forbes, Unforgiven

“You’re on the right side of the truth, but the wrong side of reality.”
― M.R. Forbes, Desperation

“History was filled with stories of desperate defenders surmounting impossible odds to save the things that were most important to them. She had every intention of adding theirs. “You’re”
― M.R. Forbes, The Devils Do

“Earth and the Moon, seemingly falling into existence out of the vast emptiness of space as though God himself had created it in that very spot, there were millions who witnessed its fall. Their”
― M.R. Forbes, War Eternal, Books 1-3

“morse code”
― M.R. Forbes, Deception

“raised me to treat everybody with kindness and respect no matter how much or how little of those qualities they possessed.”
― M.R. Forbes, Candy Bomb

“Was that the ultimate fate of humanity? To never know uniform peace or lack of suffering, no matter how advanced they came to believe themselves to be? Was”
― M.R. Forbes, War Eternal, Books 1-3

“What do you mean dead?” I asked. “Since when is dead not a straightforward concept?” Keep scoffed playfully. I could tell he was happy about my recovery, even if he would never say it outright. “You know, deceased, lifeless, kicked the bucket, gave up the mortal coil, swimming with the fishes.”
― M.R. Forbes, Candy Bomb

“have feed”
― M.R. Forbes, My Hero

“enough to figure out codes to the maintenance boxes, or to open a secured hatch, especially one”
― M.R. Forbes, Forgotten

“pressurized.”
― M.R. Forbes, Declaration

“kill”
― M.R. Forbes, Deception

“Do you like women?” “Yes,” I replied. “Human women, not aliens.” “A little limiting, but okay.”
― M.R. Forbes, Eight Ball

“reverted back to”
― M.R. Forbes, The Sheriff 3

“The augmented strength”
― M.R. Forbes, Forbidden

“dreams don't survive through fear and force. They require choice, commitment, the willingness of individuals to embrace something greater than themselves.”
― M.R. Forbes, The Price of Honor

“Sometimes it’s hard to believe something you don’t want to believe, even if the truth is obvious.”
― M.R. Forbes, Emerge

“How?”
― M.R. Forbes, Starship Eternal

“Chaos can be a powerful weapon,” Thraven replied. “Almost as powerful as subtlety.”
― M.R. Forbes, Hell's Rejects