Dark Eden Quotes

“Nothing looks more lovely than something that’s about to end, and that’s true even if you yourself are going to be the cause of its ending.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“Watch out for men who want to turn everything into a story that’s all about them. There will always be a few of them, and once one of them starts, another one of them will want to fight with him.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“It was one of those moments when you wonder whether there is some kind of big misunderstanding and really this is all just a dream or a made-up story, and not the real world like you thought it was.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“I did it because … Well, I’d never really understood about those moments before and I reckon a lot of people never really do get to understand them, but what I realized then was that I wasn’t just deciding what I wanted to do, I was deciding what kind of person I wanted to be. So I made my choice on that basis. And from now on, whenever I have a decision to make, I’m always going to make it in that same way.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“And the weird weird thing about this story of Angela's Ring was that it didn't even have a point to it, no happy ending, no lesson to be learnt.
It was like one person's cry of pain, echoing out on and on and on trough the generations, even after that person was long long dead.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“Having a soft spot for someone you never knew was another way of not having to be with equals, wasn't it? Dead people can't talk back, and you can choose what you want to hear them say, and know they'll never tell you you're wrong.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“It just seems hard because it's dangerous. It's like balancing on a branch at the top of a tree. Really, when you think about it, that's no harder than balancing on a branch near the ground, which anyone can do. The only difference is that you're done for if you don't get it right, and that makes it seem harder.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“There are lots of different stories branching away all the time from every single thing that happens. As soon as a moment has gone, different versions of it start to be remembered and told about. And some of them carry on, and some die out, and you can't know in advance which version will last and which won't.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“Dead people can’t talk back, and you can choose what you want to hear them say, and know they’ll never tell you you’re wrong.”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden

“I mean, wherever you are, that’s here, and that’s the only place you can be. Here or nowhere.’ I”
― Chris Beckett, Dark Eden