Dan Padavona > Quotes

“That’s the problem today. It ain’t the kids’ faults. It’s the parents who don’t trust ‘em enough to teach ‘em to fend for their own. Now I ain’t never been the best shooter, never raised me a prize steer, and there were a hundred guys around here who could fix a roof faster than I could change a light bulb. But the point is I learned how to do lots of different things that parents don’t teach kids anymore.” “My”
― Dan Padavona, Dark Vanishings

“Fear cannot be walled away or wrestled into submission. It does not show its true face nor scream so that we may hear its words clearly. Fear cryptically whispers on the backs of our necks, its power derived from what our subconscious minds cower from.”
― Dan Padavona, The Face of Midnight

“outsider.”
― Dan Padavona, Bury Her Secrets

“Distance might silence the voices, but demons aren’t bound by miles. They fester in the unspoken fear that stalks the wary.”
― Dan Padavona, The Silent Witness

“fidgeted, wrapping his ankles around the wheels so the chair wouldn’t glide forward on its own. “Five days ago.” “Heard you bought Truman’s old house beside the lake. Fine home, and a good place to put down roots.” “Ironically, the family who purchased my uncle’s house moved to California. That’s strange, isn’t it?” When the sheriff didn’t respond, Thomas wiped his mouth. “We traded places.”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“You’ll never get used to it,”
― Dan Padavona, Daddy’s Little Girls

“Look not beyond the mirror before acknowledging the reflection.”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“own. “You’ll”
― Dan Padavona, Daddy’s Little Girls

“It’s easier to blame others than look into a mirror.”
― Dan Padavona, I Know Your Name

“talking, Darcy marches to the van just us”
― Dan Padavona, Bury Her Bones

“You think you’ll make it in the world, working as a deputy in a Podunk county? You don’t appreciate how cruel and unforgiving the world is.” Uncle Truman and Aunt Louise took Thomas in as always. Truman was Mom’s brother, and he’d worked as a prison guard in Auburn, New York, though the man’s sleepy eyes and easy going demeanor made him a better fit for a librarian job. “Don’t take it to heart,” Uncle Truman had told him, sitting beside Thomas on the twin mattress as Aunt Louise carried an armful of sheets and blankets from the house. “They love you.” “They have a funny way of showing it.” Truman sighed and patted Thomas’s knee as though he was still in grade school. “Your father”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“When he sees you, he doesn’t understand what you’re becoming, because he can’t picture himself doing anything other than what he’s doing.”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“Why expect your folks to treat you with respect when you don’t return the favor?”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“But growth occurs regardless of desire.”
― Dan Padavona, Forest of Scars: A Dark Suspense Thriller Book

“Single parents entered the building, and the best-dressed children wore donated clothes that didn’t fit; others dressed in tatters.”
― Dan Padavona, Daddy’s Little Girls

“No matter how skilled you are, there’s always someone who is better. Respect your opponent. It only takes one loss to end your season.”
― Dan Padavona, Dusk Corners

“alone.”
― Dan Padavona, The Hidden Season: A lake mystery and suspense thriller

“One method of building isn’t superior to the other. But he only comprehends one way.”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath

“The only constant is change.”
― Dan Padavona, Her Last Breath