Burn Quotes

“Humans are a special breed with the rare ability to find laughter in darkness, horror in the light, hope amidst turmoil, and fear in times of peace. We are the contrarians, the restless ones, the pessimistic optimists, those who surprise ourselves with our own bravery when really we should expect it from each other. Our standards are so low and high at the same time that we manage to feel satisfied and dissatisfied in the same breath. And that, I realize, is what makes us worth saving. We may be far from perfect—and by far I mean the distance from one galaxy to the next—but that’s what makes life interesting. The good is only good because of the bad, and happiness all the sweeter because of the pain. We are brave; we are strong; we are despicable; we are scum; we are kind; we are mean;
We are human.”
― David Estes, Burn

“All I know is that my life feels like a giant April Fool’s Joke most of the time. Either that or a mysterious box that has something different in it every time you open it.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Don’t kill the humans, the zombies, the guys in the dark cloaks or the girls that glow like the sun. Oh, or the crazy old woman with the fingernails growing out of her head.”
--Rhett”
― David Estes, Burn

“Regret will claw you apart from the inside out. We can be more than the sum of our regrets. We can learn from our mistakes and be better. We can go forward even when the path appears unpassable.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Sometimes being open-minded is as simple as opening your eyes to that which you don’t understand.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Our standards are so low and high at the same time that we manage to feel satisfied and dissatisfied in the same breath.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Hope isn’t a single act, or a vision of the future, or even a rope that magically appears so you can grab onto it. No, hope is created from within yourself, by sheer strength of will alone. Hope cannot be given, nor taken away. Hope dies a thousand deaths under the weakness of humans and magic-born alike, and hope lives forever in those who promise to nurture it.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Emotions are a powerful force for both good and evil. They give us life and they take it away. Without them life’s not worth living, but with them life is sometimes too hard.”
― David Estes, Burn

“I feel awful and full of regret. Regret that I didn’t appreciate my own childhood as much as I should have. Growing up, I always felt angry and alone, crying myself to sleep at night because of the unfairness of life, because I didn’t have a father or a mother, because I was destined to be cast aside like the dirty laundry. Now I realize how spoiled I’ve been.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Sometimes we create monsters for the very purpose of hiding the fact that we’re no better than monsters ourselves.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Humans are a special breed with the rare ability to find laughter in darkness, horror in the light, hope amidst turmoil, and fear in times of peace. We are the contrarians, the restless ones, the pessimistic optimists, those who surprise ourselves with our own bravery when really we should expect it from each other. Our standards are so low and high at the same time that we manage to feel satisfied and dissatisfied in the same breath. And that, I realize, is what makes us worth saving. We may be far from perfect—and by far I mean the distance from one galaxy to the next—but that’s what makes life interesting. The good is only good because of the bad, and happiness all the sweeter because of the pain. We are brave; we are strong; we are despicable; we are scum; we are kind; we are mean; We are human.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Everyone deserves help when they need it,” Xave says, “even if they think they don’t want it.”
― David Estes, Burn

“I sigh. He’s right. I suck at making fun of myself. “I invite you to do better,” I say.
“You’re encouraging me to make fun of you?”
I probably have it coming. “Yeah.”
“Your voice is so husky you could be a coconut,” Bil says. --Laney”
― David Estes, Burn

“Life is but a random echo,” Bil Nez says. Apparently I woke him up when I was trying to calm myself down.
“Thanks for that,” I say, desperately wishing Normal Bil was back. I might not like Normal Bil that much, but compared to Crazy Bil, Normal Bil feels like an old friend.
He ignores my sarcasm. “Life reverberates off the walls of a cave, searching for a way out, but it always fades away.”
“You should write these things down and publish a coffee table book,” I say. --Laney”
― David Estes, Burn

“Flowers are sniffable.
Weeds are scratchable.
Grass is munchable and usually full of lots of curious creatures.
And yet, despite the abundance of all three of these plants in his immediately vicinity, Hex finds himself on the roof, chasing after Grogg, who’s more fun than all three put together.”
― David Estes, Burn

“As his legs once more gain hold on the earth, Hex tries to remember why he’s here, what he’s doing.
Protect…um…protect someone…protect…
Chipmunk! --Hex”
― David Estes, Burn

“Strange that those beings who used their magic for so much evil could also create so much beauty.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Laney practically chokes on her laugh. “Woo her? You couldn’t woo a cocker spaniel. Just the thought of you ‘wooing’ anyone makes me want to woo my pants.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Time is the great devourer, taking days, months, and eventually years from us all. It doesn’t discriminate, doesn’t differentiate, shows no mercy.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Is he seriously joking with me? The master of the dark art of raising the dead has become a standup comedian? Surely this is the end of the world.”
― David Estes, Burn

“Double negative,' Rhett says.
'Doesn’t that make a positive?'
'Damn,' Rhett says. 'I thought I was being clever.”
― David Estes, Burn

“He makes a good point, even if changing the name of New Washington seems like the least of our worries. Even still, we need something to give the people hope. Something to help us start over. Something to make us all feel connected to each other. A new name might just do that.
“How about Unity?” I say.
Huckle laughs, and at first I think it’s because he’s just used a grenade launcher to blow up a pocket of the walking dead. “What about Peaceville? Or Harmonytown? Or did you consider The Land of Butterflies and Kittens?” Huckle says.”
― David Estes, Burn

“A nightmare awakens,
Opening one bruised eye.
Although they scream, it doesn’t listen,
Doesn’t care,
Doesn’t feel,
Doesn’t hate nor love.
Only takes.
And because it breathes fire, the world will burn.
 
Burn, Rhett Carter”
― David Estes, Burn