Shadows Quotes

“Selfishness might destroy us, but not lawlessness. And selfishness is always there. Selfishness reigns whether there are rules or not. The only reason for rules is to suppress our selfish nature. Freedom allows us to surpass that nature, allowing us to be better than ourselves, to stop being selfish. We don’t need rules. We need choice.” “Don’t,” she said, batting playfully at his hand.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Change brings new opportunities.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“I’m saying it’s confined. We don’t see the whole world. We see just a fragment of it. Out beyond the dust, there’s life.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Control information and you control everything.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Had an actor on a stage ever applauded his own performance? Wouldn’t that seem incongruous, she thought, and yet that was the hallmark of tribalism.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Today, I saw how evil thrives. All it takes is for someone in a position of authority to defend themselves, to decide that reality is subordinate to their will. Oh, I’m sure there are reasons. There are always reasons. Every act needs to be justified, regardless of whether it is good or evil. Evil, though, justifies its acts with the sacrifice of the innocent.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“The young see only light, but bright lights cast the darkest shadows.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“When lies are believed, there is no truth.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Rules are a feeble attempt at enforcing unity.” “Rules give us life,” she said, reciting a line she’d heard from the Order. “Without them, anarchy would destroy us.” “Would it?” he asked. “Selfishness might destroy us, but not lawlessness. And selfishness is always there. Selfishness reigns whether there are rules or not. The only reason for rules is to suppress our selfish nature. Freedom allows us to surpass that nature, allowing us to be better than ourselves, to stop being selfish. We don’t need rules. We need choice.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows

“Time seems as though it will go on forever, but it doesn’t. You cannot relive a single day. You can retrace the steps in the grand staircase, but you cannot retrace the steps you take in life. You get one shot at this, and only one.”
― Peter Cawdron, Shadows