The Fifth to Die Quotes

“You can't play God without being acquainted with the devil”
― J.D. Barker (author), The Fifth to Die

“Self-preservation and fear are two of the strongest instincts of the human condition. Porter wasn’t sure he wanted to meet the man who possessed neither.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“Le han quitado tantos trozos de cerebro que podría dedicarse a la política.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“A veces es bueno acordarse de lo malo. Hace que otras cosas no parezcan tan terribles.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“You’ll spend your days with a shovel, digging a deeper hole to hide in only to find the monsters prefer the dark and will gladly follow.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“Con cada día que pasan ahí dentro con otra persona al volante de sus vidas, se vuelven un poco más dependientes de la estructura y se les apaga otro poquito de la chispa de su libre albedrío”.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“I’m getting a Christine vibe from you, and that didn’t end well for anyone, not even the car.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“He felt little children were invisible to the rest of the world and become less transparent with age. We’re fully visible as adults, then fade again as we get older until society no longer sees us anymore,”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“She cries because crying helps her heal. Crying is a normal reaction, it is the right reaction. I worry far more about someone who doesn’t cry”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“Bottling up emotion, holding such things inside, that can be dangerous.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“A telling analogy for life and death: Compare the two of them to water and ice.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“The brain perceives happy times as recent activities when recollecting them. Horrible memories, though, they are pushed way back, sometimes forgotten or blocked altogether. Some sort of defense mechanism, I suppose. Surround yourself with the good, put some distance between you and the bad, that sort of thing.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“Sometimes it’s good to remember the bad. It makes other things seem not so terrible.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“You could almost see the fumes, an oily residue on every surface, dripping from the streetlights and sewer grates.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“You only have to stay ahead of the demons. An inch outside their grasp will do,”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“the icy wind arguing with a howl.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“It’s colder than a witch’s tit out here,”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“He once told me it is better to shower someone with compliments, let them swim in them until they’re drowning. They’ll reach for you and hold on tight, your friend forever.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“A telling analogy for life and death: Compare the two of them to water and ice. Water draws together to become ice, And ice disperses again to become water. Whatever has died is sure to be born again; Whatever is born comes around again to dying. As ice and water do one another no harm,”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“I’m not sure how he’s even still alive. They took out so much of his brain, he could be a politician.”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die

“People are so poor around these parts, they eat their cereal with a fork to save on milk. They gotta take the bus to do a drive-by”
― J.D. Barker, The Fifth to Die