Dark Island Quotes

“It battered Ian like it was a deflated hot-air balloon in the Albuquerque breeze.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“Every single wanker who calls themselves an archaeologist is a bloody grave robber.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“Vengeance rarely met your expectations too. Most of the time, you felt depressed and unfulfilled once you exacted your payback. Ian believed it was a waste of time and energy to enact such a thing.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“She shook her head. “Ifs” rarely meant anything except causing, or furthering, a headache. Worrying about something that might never come to be was a waste of time and energy. Time, she had. But the energy… That was something that was about to be put to the test.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“his cockiness was actually a good thing when fighting in the military. In a way, it was like how most sports athletes carried themselves. You needed to think of yourself as the best to succeed to the fullest.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“Fine but make it quick.” He winked at Mack and stepped aside. “I ain’t got much goin’ on and got no time to waste.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey

“It had been nice to have two seats all to herself the entire trip there, that much she could admit. She’d ridden in one too many crowded buses in her lifetime, sitting next to someone that either didn’t speak English, or smelled, or was just in a foul mood. It was an awful, and lonely, way to see the world sometimes.”
― Matthew James, Dark Island: The Definitive Edition - Foreword by Ernest Dempsey