Courtney Alameda > Quotes

“Bloodlines and last names didn't make a man extraordinary — the extraordinary existed in what we did in life, not in who we were.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“We are not defined by our lack of fear—Dad had said, smiling as Ethan let our four-year-old brother tackle him—but rather by what we choose to do when facing the nightmare.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“We are not defined by our lack of fear but rather by what we choose to do when facing the nightmare.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“Fortune favors the bold," he said. "But she'll only fall for a bloke who's got an ace up his sleeve.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“Quisieron enterrarnos, no sabían que éramos semillas. They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.”
― Courtney Alameda, Pitch Dark

“Unlike Dad, she'd always known just the right things to say, and her words felt like bandages or spurs or even ledges, instead of Dad's bullets and knives and nooses.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“My people are condemned to wander this eternal twilight”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“The problem with a cross is - It fails the unbeliever.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“We will remember their kindnesses, joy, and light, and not these last desperate moments of their lives.”
― Courtney Alameda, Pitch Dark

“More than anything else, we must understand that our voices have great power. We can use words to build bridges and ships and crews and families, or we can use them to oppress one another, or to rip each other to shreds. Whoever said, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me," obviously never had a drink with the person who said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." I side with the latter sentiment. Civilizations rise and fall by the written word. The United States certainly rose by these ones: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal," and if we truly believe the spirit of those words, we as Americans will work together until we have achieved them in their fullness.

Use your words to liberate, not subjugate.

Do what is right, even when they tell you to "stop."

Build a better history for tomorrow, today.”
― Courtney Alameda, Pitch Dark

“I never heard him say sorry or thank you or even I love you. He lined Mom's coffin with those words and buried them six feet deep.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

“I don't find courage in the act of sacrificing myself on behalf of the people I love; rather, I find my strength in hoping I'll still have a life to share with them.”
― Courtney Alameda, Pitch Dark