The Red Hunter Quotes

“What is the difference between justice and revenge?" he asked.
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"Revenge seeks chaos," he said. "Justice seeks balance. That's the difference.”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“Maybe that’s all life was, this impossibly complicated helix of choice and accident, things you could control and couldn’t. And when the day was done, the only measure of success was how happy you were, how much you loved and were loved.”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“You were never so acutely aware of your own flaws as you were in the presence of your child. Why was that?”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“It’s never one thing that leads to a tragic accident, she was sure she’d read once—though she couldn’t say where. It’s usually seven things—seven mistakes, or errors in judgment, or acts of negligence. If you reverse engineer any major disaster—oil spill or train derailment or airplane crash—there are usually seven things that had to go wrong in order for them to occur. Claudia”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“There is no external refuge.” Meaning, you cannot look into the outer world to feel safe, to feel at peace. You cannot look without for understanding, or for justice. You must look within. I”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“When they’re small, they’re part of you, on you in bed, showering with you, climbing onto your lap, holding on to your leg. Slowly, slowly, they start to move away, and if you love them, if you want them to feel safe and free to explore the world, you have to let them go. Mostly.”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“worked. But she could live with it. “So,”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“It’s never one thing that leads to a tragic accident, she was sure she’d read once—though she couldn’t say where. It’s usually seven things—seven mistakes, or errors in judgment, or acts of negligence. If you reverse engineer any major disaster—oil spill or train derailment or airplane crash—there are usually seven things that had to go wrong in order for them to occur.”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter

“Where I train we smack our palms and knuckles against cinderblocks. This action creates tiny fissures in the bones. When those fissures heal, the bone is stronger. I can put the blade of my palm through a two-by-four.”
― Lisa Unger, The Red Hunter