Quotes from Matt de la Pena

Life, he realized, was a profoundly complicated thing. It was filled with awe and wonder and beauty, but it was also filled with heartbreak and loneliness. Maybe that was what made it so precious. You could never know what to expect next, or who might step into or out of your world. And the truth was that we were all navigating the mystery together.

I've come to believe that everything is of this earth. Including you and me. The most complex human invention already existed in the soil. We do not make up new things out of thin air; we simply find already existing elements, born of this earth, and place them in new combinations. Progress is merely organization and creativity. - Pacal

It was like a great big déjà vu moment. Last time he had sprinted at the pack and tackled the man holding the Ring. And it had been a mistake. But as Dak sat there, studying the scene, he realized something: He would always race to help Sera when she appeared to be in danger. He didn't care how many times it was a mistake. There was no way he would ever be able to just sit back and let something possibly happen to her.

Lana had a cocky grin. "You never get answers if you don't ask questions.

How weird to think that people were born in different eras, with different adversities. A world war for one generation. Earthquakes and a deadly disease for the next.

That's what happened to my parents' barn? A dinosaur stepped on it? - Dak

Excuse me? Does anyoone know where I can find a Mr. and Mrs. Froste? They told me to meet them here this afternoon. Apparently they want to discuss a job. Something that could 'really make history'. Their words. - Arin

But maybe that's what getting older is all about, right, Clark? You start to realize just how much of the world is unfair. And how few people care. It's not about justice, right? It's about power. And the people where I live…we don't have any. Not yet.

I think things will always be okay between us, Clark. That's what I'm beginning to realize. Until they're not. Know what I mean? And even then they'll probably still be okay.

Entendía que mi vida no tenía sentido, y ese conocimiento me liberaba de tener que lograr cualquier cosa.

Sería imposible describir el peso de toda esa culpa.

Qué raro es que a veces deseas algo, como ver la nieve, y al día siguiente deseas que desparezca, ¿verdad?

It was so easy. A slight curl of his right pointer finger and a man's life was gone forever.

People thought there was this huge chasm between life and death, but really there was nothing. Not when you had a gun. You could end someone in the blink of an eye. With the twitch of a finger. Before you even knew what happened. And the world didn't stop like everyone probably thought it did. It just kept right on spinning. It didn't give a shit about your karma or your act of violence.