Robert J. Crane Quotes

Because the things you do for blood - for family - well, I think they cause most of us more problems than can be fairly called our share. And the things you do for the people you call family who aren't blood ... some of them are even worse.

How does someone domesticate a horse?" "They break it," I said with a hint of defiance. "Do I look broken to you?" "Looks

Yeah, well, if wishes were horses I wouldn't need a ride home.

I felt like a glutton for pain, like I wanted to clutch the misery close to my heart and let it sit there.

Unbridled truth often gets sacrificed on the altar of the greater good.

It's an internet meme," I said, matter-of-factly. "I'd tell you to Google it, but you've only got about five minutes to live and you're going to spend every one of those fighting for your life.

I've lived my entire life without the approval of any of these people. I suspect I can live the rest of it the same.

A path. A career. Maybe even ... a purpose," Ariadne said. "Something you can do that you can believe in, that will challenge you, that won't leave you hating your life and questioning why you're even doing what you're doing." She laughed, a low, quiet laugh that had no real mirth behind it. "Unless you'd like to get to age forty and wake up to wonder where your life went.

... if you don't know who you are, it's kind of tough to know what you want ...

Sometimes you feel like you're in control and in charge of your life and everything is grand. Other times you feel powerless and insignificant.

Every human struggles to find their place in the world. Sometimes you feel like you're in control and in charge of your life and everything is grand. Other times you feel powerless and insignificant. If you didn't experience these same feelings of grandeur and wonder and worry ... you wouldn't be human.

I hurried forward and looked into the room to my left. It was a chemistry lab with a sweeping view of the snowy terrain outside, complete with large black islands in the middle of the room, independent sinks with an eyewash and a shower in the corner, silver fixtures with gas taps to run experiments with fire
Hrmm.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Hehehehehe.

I felt it in my head, in my heart, and on my lips, and it was beautiful; a breath of hope for someone who'd been hopeless for far too long.

Nothing is so rare as a man who gets everything he wants in life,

They had us surrounded, and they were about to kill us when M-Squad showed up and saved our bacon, our sausage, and every other fine pork product we possess.

So few people get to truly steer their course the way you have the chance to now. And the question before you is - will you strive to be normal and live an ordinary life? Or will you do what no one else can do - and be more?

I've only met Reed twice," I said. Kind of sad, but that made him my oldest friend. "And I have no idea who this new guy is. Just for the record, I'm calling him 'Full Metal Jackass' because he's a sucker-punching douchebag, and I hop you'll join me in that by putting it on his official file or threat designator or whatever you use to keep track of metas that cross you."
"Duly noted. We have concerns." She folded her hands again.
"So do I," I agreed. "Most of them involve your fashion sense, with a few left to spare for the armor-clad whackjob that b**** slapped me around a parking lot this morning.

If you seek to have the minutes pass faster, then what you seek is death, unintending as you may be. Minutes are all we have. They were

Don't dis the geek," J.J. said, turning his attention back to his laptop. "Diamonds are overrated; we are actually a girl's best friend.

Dr Isabella Perugini stopped on the bank opposite us, her dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, her white lab coat falling below her knees. She slid off her high heeled shoes and began to pick her way across the stream, trying to balance on the rocks jutting out of the water. Her dark complexion was more flushed than usual, her eyes narrowed at me. "You again?" She said it as she executed a hop from one rock to another. "I thought I sorted you out!

Reed laughed, followed by Scott, and then Zack. Kat finally let out a little guffaw of her own, and I started to join them but stopped. I was here, in my little oasis, hostile people all around, but my friends closest, surrounding me.

A wise person learns from the mistakes of others, a normal person learns from their own, and a fool learns nothing, ever.

Sometimes life is not about desire, or belief. Sometimes it's about crossing the void between big moments, about putting one foot before the other as you navigate in a blighted heart. The only thing I can do for now is to keep going, to hold to my duty of fighting the battles placed before me, seeing to the tasks appointed me. You want me to believe? You want me to hope? This is hardly the first time in my life that I've been hollowed out, not the first by far that I've lost hope. In those moments, I've learned to keep walking,to keep going, to hold not to hope, but to whatever I can. I won't be the same man I was before, but I won't be like this forever, either, I doubt. The thought that I would ... doesn't bear consideration.

My head felt like it was about to explode. My mind was so jumbled I couldn't control it; leaping in every direction, thoughts I could not have conceived of just a few minutes earlier were dashing through my head so quickly I couldn't even track them all.

It was easier to be a leader when you weren't surrounded by total idiots.

Life will only give you as much as you're willing to fight for.

To be on a journey of the spirit and follow the path of any god requires either a rigidly inflexible adherence to dogma or a tremendous sense of humor;

Because a man can only live with despair for so long before hope resurges.

Bit my lip and wrenched myself to my feet. "I sense my presence is no longer needed here. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find a quiet place to hide until the atomic apocalypse is over." I didn't exactly storm out, but I did break the door behind me. Because of my super-strength, not because I was in a snit. Well ... maybe a little bit of both.

The people ... " Winter whispered. "Are going to die," the man said, watching coldly. "It's a shame; I didn't mean for it to get quite that out of control. I let my anger get away from me. I had intended to scorch the ground around us, leave you in the middle of a smoking crater, but when people interfere with me, when they try to shake me down, take what's mine, it makes me ... so angry." Winter watched the scorched ground as the black smoke started to rise. The man shook him, diverting Winter's attention back to him. "Listen to me.

chest in a sensation of gut-punching fear. My hand caught me and I bounced back to my feet. So that's ice? I thought. Until now I had only seen it on TV and in the freezer. There was a black sedan in the driveway that looked like something I'd seen on a Buick commercial. My hand brushed against it as I ran down the driveway and stopped at the end. I heard the

Life's dangerous," Momma replied sharply. "Nobody gets out alive, last I checked.

Life's not clear like that, Sienna. It's not a collection of straight-line paths to your objectives. People don't yell out, 'Ha ha! I am betraying you!' just before they break your heart. In spite of how you're feeling, not everyone's a bad guy.

Glanced back behind me but heard nothing save for a grunt that was repeated from several different sources at once.

could hear them breathing and an unfamiliar scent filled the air, something brisk and fresh, that brought with it a chill that

Nothing bruise but my massive arse and my bigger ego." He blinked. "Who cast the spell on me? I can see now."
"It was me," Vaste said from behind him. "I was afraid you'd fall into me, and frankly I'm not sure I could support your 'massive ego' since I'm too busy carrying your arse.

To trust fate to be kind is a fool's lot, and yields a fool's results.

I sensed them creeping around in the living room as my body shot to instant wakefulness. It probably sounds weird, but I could hear them breathing

Mourn. Get it out of your system. Because what you can do for the dead is exactly nothing. But what you can do for those still standing with you is lead.

You cannot control bad things that happen to you any more than you can control the weather. It's less about the things that happen and more about how you react to them.

I did not choose death!" Vaste shouted under the red sky. "If there's a choice, I choose pie -

You wish to believe foolishly that no matter what comes, you can simply overcome through some sense of unlimited potential or magical destiny, but that is folly. Your life hangs in the balance.

I'm running a war, not a tea party, okay? I have to worry about what happens if murderous lunatics with insane powers escape into the outside world. Feelings and empathy don't get a lot of attention when I'm juggling concerns like that.

I punch him twice in the head and it does nothing. He shakes it off like he's Taylor Swift

The mark of a man is his willingness to do things that he must do but doesn't wish to.

Red SUV skidded to a stop in front of me. A small line of muddy snow splattered past

A compliment withheld is like meat stored away for later; it sours before you get any use out of it,

However you might feel, you are walking your own path through the darkness. Do not despair when all the light leaves you, and remember your past - it will see you through the trials ahead.

But I applaud your audacity. Some would call it stupidity, but I now consider myself your friend and I will call it audacity just to spare your feelings.

Lost his mind, he has, Wolfe said. "Keen observation, Yoda," I said.

I am death. My touch brings it. Where Kat Forrest was a tanned, lovely, blond-haired princess of life, I was a dark-haired, pale-skinned angel of death. Her green eyes represented life; my bluer ones represented winter and the end of that life. Worse

I tried not to stare at his body because I already knew it was good. Instead I focused on his eyes.

Life will hit you hard, regardless of what you do - adventurer, business person, king.