Unrestricted Rising Quotes

“You did all this,” I breathe heavy with awe. “You gave them the courage to take a stand.”
He shakes his head. “No. You did. You started all this,” he leans in, his lips hot and warm breath tickling against my ear. “You gave me the strength,” he sucks in a quick breathe and lets out a laughing exhale. “You gave me the strength to break free of all these ridiculous canons of public behavior.”
I smile, partly because I find his sophisticated speech funny, but mostly because he makes my heart bounce.
I don’t believe it was me who inspired all these people. It’s obvious it was David. But I did manage to inspire. I inspired David and that’s all it takes. It takes for just one person to make a stand, and another to be moved and inspired by that one brave act. Gravity takes care of the rest as the word spreads and everything falls into place.”
― David Torres, Unrestricted Rising

“I have hope. And hope, being the little persuasive bitch, has won me over again at my lowest point. No matter how bad things get, I always have hope. It may be a curse… but I’ll be damned if I let it be one. I’ll make it a blessing.”
― David Torres, Unrestricted Rising

“Maybe sometimes the motive behind people’s terrorizing acts isn’t just because of their beliefs or past or some complex and twisted logic. Sometimes their drive is simple. Like Johnson’s. War reveals a person’s true nature, and maybe in Johnson’s pursuit for redress he found out he liked what he was doing. Maybe it all comes down to the simplest and purest of motives: Just because he felt like it.”
― David Torres, Unrestricted Rising

“You never know who or what you are until you pull a trigger. That pain you feel, it’s your body’s way of telling you that you’re not one of the bad guys. That you still have a soul.”
― David Torres, Unrestricted Rising

“Come on.” I sigh. “Let’s go.” My fingers automatically intertwine with his finding solace in his hand. As we walk closer to the light, I see traces of my lipstick coloring his mouth. “You might want to wipe that off.” I say, pointing over to his lips.
“No way. I’m keeping that.” His eyes light up in the way only his dark irises can and dons a playful little smirk. “It’s a souvenir. It says that I kissed the notorious Rebel Heart and lived to tell the tale.”
I roll my eyes, laughing, and give a little shove. “Won’t people be offended?”
“If people manage to be offended by that, then they deserve to feel that way. This shows that I have someone who loves me. It’s not my fault that my girl loves me more than theirs does.” He kisses my temple as we walk hand in hand back to the banquet. “There is nothing wrong with kissing. If people find it wrong that I wear your kisses proudly, then this society is all kinds of fucked up. And I want to change that.”
― David Torres, Unrestricted Rising