The Hunted Quotes

“Truth is not a fixed thing. It evolves and morphs and inverts. What is true today may not be true tomorrow.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“For me the power is in the writing itself,” Shoeshine said. “Not the record of it. Once the word is on the page its energy is lost. Once a journal is full, it’s no different than dead skin to be shed.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“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.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“It was so easy. A slight curl of his right pointer finger and a man’s life was gone forever.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“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.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“How overwhelming the world could seem when you were thrust into the guts of it. How little power you realized human beings actually had compared with the earth.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“There are two kinds of people in this world, young fella. Those who can sit in the loneliness of existence and those who turn away.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted

“Shoeshine looked disappointed. “Don’t do that, young fella.” “Do what?” “Try and label everyone you meet.” The man coughed again. “It’s lazy.”
― Matt de la Pena, The Hunted