Dark Stranger Quotes

“There was this one day, though, that I saw another side of Amanda. When someone pisses her off, she can get bitchy as hell.” Clara patted her knee. “Everyone gets moody from time to time. What you need to keep in mind is that it is probably not about you, and there is no reason for you to get upset. The best thing you can do is to get out of the line of fire. You don’t want to get hit just because you are there and make an easy target.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“I’ll take rude and honest over polite and deceitful any day. But I know I’m odd that way. Most people prefer polite even if it involves some white lies.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“The fact remained, though; wherever women were marginalized, considered inferior, and denied rights available to men, the society as a whole lagged behind. No exceptions.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare,”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“you”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“And yet, although the portents were mounting, it seemed as if no one was concerned. Blinded by one trifling thing or another, most of her friends were convinced that their future was secure. As if weapons of mass destruction were not threatening to annihilate the world, and the slaughter of thousands in Africa and in North Korea and in other godforsaken dictatorships wasn’t happening. Not to mention that hunger was still a serious problem in parts of the globe, and basic human rights were rapidly eroding in those and other parts: specifically, those of women. It weighed on her. Being a powerless observer sucked.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Lately, she sensed a dark shadow descending over the world, a malevolence that had an oddly familiar flavor to it. An old and powerful force was on the rise, readying to plunge the world into darkness. Yet again. It alarmed her.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare,” Amanda quoted, looking down at her stiletto-clad feet.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Only the immortal females contributed the special genetic material to their offspring. And only males could activate it in a Dormant.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“But only males possessed the venom necessary to activate the dormant DNA.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“When Syssi had a feeling, those who knew her listened. Her premonitions had a freakish tendency to come to pass.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Syssi let out a puff of air. “Amanda gave me a list of neuroscience papers she wanted me to read to get better acquainted with the subject. And let me tell you, scientists are horrible writers. The one I was trying to crack all afternoon was so dense, so obtuse, that I was starting to question my intelligence. In the end, I realized it wasn’t as complicated as it seemed. It was just badly written. I made a summary, using clear wording, and I’m going to suggest to Amanda to give her students”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“needed to acknowledge her limitations and accept help. Taking”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“By portraying the desired state as an expressed ideal, enacting it in stories, plays, and movies, mortals assimilated the message. To strive for something better, people had to imagine it first to be aware of the possibility.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“The story was one Kian had heard his mother tell many times. With each retelling, the details would change a little; some new tidbits added, others omitted. As a child, Kian had thought her forgetful, or fanciful. Only later, he’d realized that she’d been tailoring her story to her audience.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“If he wanted her so close under his nose, she would make sure that it tickled.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“prostitution”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“He could already taste Navuh’s praise, even though it irked him that he was craving”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“So, you like a little pain with your pleasure, don’t you, naughty girl?” Syssi paused to think. “I guess it’s like sprinkling spice on a dish that is otherwise bland... I don’t like bland food.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“he was lonely, although rarely alone. Or that his very long and productive life felt futile, despite all of his accomplishments.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Often, there was at least one good thing or quality that deserved gratitude. Finding this one thing and focusing on it was helpful, it allowed letting go of resentment with ease.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“To strive for something better, people had to imagine it first to be aware of the possibility.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“gestured for her to take a seat. Donning her well-practiced cheerful”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“It was one of those moments everyone dreads; the unexpected disaster striking out of nowhere, destroying the illusion that you’re in control, and shoving the cruel reality in your face.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Kian sighed. “Resistance is futile,” he murmured and poured himself a cup of coffee.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Everyone gets moody from time to time. What you need to keep in mind is that it is probably not about you, and there is no reason for you to get upset. The best thing you can do is to get out of the line of fire. You don’t want to get hit just because you are there and make an easy target.”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream

“Calm down, identify the problem, think of a solution, he recited the three steps of anger management that”
― I.T. Lucas, Dark Stranger: The Dream