Bryan Devore > Quotes

“Ian tried not to imagine what had happened to young Miska during the past three months if she really had been forced into the sex slavery”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Hollywood loved firearms unless it was a horror film, in which case only a sharp metal object would suffice.”
― Bryan Devore, The Girl from Dark Dakota

“If there was ever a place that should have ghosts, this was it. —Stephen King, The Shining”
― Bryan Devore, The Girl from Dark Dakota

“He paused, stone faced and sincere. “I like to think of the American flag, ma’am. It’s not one solid color—it’s sliced up by stripes and dotted with stars—all those different pieces crammed together onto one flag. But it is one flag, all of it bound together. And it’s our flag—yours, mine, all those who voted for you, and all those who voted against you. Those who have died before us, and those who will live on after us. You need to try to be like that flag, ma’am. Your presidency needs to be like that flag.” “Holding all those parts together,” she said. “Yes ma’am. We need you to hold us all together.” Behind”
― Bryan Devore, The Paris Protection

“I think many of your countrymen are. Your culture puts too much pressure on people to succeed. Growing up, you all believe you will become astronauts or movie stars or millionaires. Ninety-nine percent of your citizens over the age of forty are brokenhearted because, deep down, they feel their life is a failure. The only thing that keeps them sane is that almost everyone they know is also a failure. So they get married and take out loans to buy a house and a nice car. Then they have children and spend the rest of their lives pretending that it will be their children who live the American dream. Then, if they live long enough to see their children fail, their hope turns to their grandchildren. That’s why they call it the American dream instead of the American reality.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Enjoy your time in Germany, Herr Lawrence. Auf Wiedersehen.”  “Off-feet-a-sing,” he replied.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity.”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Evil is the price of free will, as Saint Augustine liked to say.”
― Bryan Devore, The Girl from Dark Dakota

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. —Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven”
― Bryan Devore, The Girl from Dark Dakota

“there was ever a place that should have ghosts, this was it. —Stephen King, The Shining”
― Bryan Devore, The Girl from Dark Dakota

“Polish-to-English translation. As he read the translated article,”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence

“Even though he couldn’t read any of the articles he found, he copied and pasted those with numerous key words into an online translator program so he could read a rough translation. It was an article from”
― Bryan Devore, The Price of Innocence