Terra Nova Quotes

“And when you are kept from your home, no matter where you are, you are in a cage.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“Identifying who began something like this is like picking out the stone that began an avalanche. It began somewhere, true enough [...] but once it well and truly begins, we are all just stones moving together. One stone rolling down a mountain changes nothing unless others move with it.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“That's true, but the truth can lie if you tell it right.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“He was right. It didn't hurt. There was a feeling in the center of Molly's chest like falling, but it wasn't her that was falling. Instead, every sensation and emotion seemed to tumble out of her, up toward the machine. First her panic ebbed away into it, and then the discomfort of the harness digging into her back. Her fear for her family. Her fear for herself. Her exhaustion. The physical sensations from her body flickered out piece by piece, like someone turning out the lamps in a house. It never hurt, not for a moment.

It was the single worst thing she had ever experienced.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“I always hate this part," Ariel said softly beside Molly. "This moment on the cusp of greater things. The waiting is almost worse than being in the midst of it all.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“I did not survive this long by being fragile, and I have found other ways to get what I need.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“So the good things you've accomplished, those you had help with. But the danger. The blame. Those belong to you alone?”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“You forget this from time to time, Molly, but you are not alone. I am here. Your family is here. [...] Not every responsibility is yours.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“She looked down at the city. It was changing, and she didn't know what it would look like when it was done. Maybe it would never be done.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“It is selfish, true, but there is nothing wrong with selfish thoughts. Sometimes they provide good counsel. But those thoughts must be tempered with more generous ones, lest we [...] forget that the world is filled with beings of equal significance to ourselves.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“I want to change things. Not keep freeing spirits here and there, but change the way people do things. Change their minds. And we don't know how to do that, but I thought you might. You said Haviland Industries was afraid I would talk back. Well, I want to talk back.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“It's always worse before you start. So start.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“I guess that's more about me than about you, [...] I mean, me wanting you to have a name I can use. Wanting you to be he or she. You aren't those things, and you don't have to be.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“She closed her eyes. She wasn't sure if it was sleep that waited for her there or simply the darkness on the inside of her eyelids. She retreated into that blank darkness and wondered how it could feel so horrible to feel nothing at all.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“Rory, can you pick the lock?"

"Really, Moll?" Rory said. "I know I can be irresponsible, but I'm not a bloody cat burglar. Of course I can't pick the lock!”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“Her father huffed. "Take Rory with you too. He's better at this sneaking around stuff than you are."

"Always knew I'd make you proud, Da," Rory said.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova

“Poking at the memories, at the guilt she felt over her sister, was like prodding a bear that could wake and consume her at any moment.”
― Shane Arbuthnott, Terra Nova