Nightfall Quotes

“Good is a spectrum, just as evil is. We all fall somewhere on that spectrum, but that doesn’t mean we can’t move. It’s up to us, not anyone else. Blaming others for our choices is a pitiful excuse.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“We are who we are and learning to accept ourselves is the only way we’ll ever be happy, flaws and failures and all.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“Me,” Gwen said. “Dragons are not the enemy. Are they all pure and holy? No. But neither are humans. Neither are Orians. Neither is any race or creed or sect or people.” “Especially those who say they are,” Peony said. Gwen snorted out a laugh. “A truer statement has never been spoken.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“I’ve made many mistakes, but all is not lost. I have to believe that.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“A friend’s purpose is sometimes just to be there, to listen. They don’t always have to fix everything.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“I don’t want to…lose myself. I’ve been many things in my life: daughter, sister, princess, a tool to be used for political purposes, a bondmate, a dragonrider… A GODBLADE WIELDER, her blade offered helpfully. Yes. Exactly. That too. These are not small things. Imagine each one of these things is a new cloak, one I must wear overtop the previous. With the addition of each, I feel heavier and heavier and the person beneath them gets harder and harder to see. But she’s still in there, still existing. When I look in the mirror, I don’t always see her anymore. I’m afraid if I don’t keep feeling human things, that she’ll disappear entirely one day. Does that make any sense?”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“IT’S ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE POUNDED INTO YOU. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LEVEL OF FINESSE. Great, Dane thought. Pounding things had always been his method of choice in the past.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“When was the last time he’d noticed the flight of a bird? Or the way the clouds moved across the sky? Or the beauty of a sunrise? He tried to remember how that very morning’s sunrise had looked and found the memory elusive, as though he hadn’t witnessed it at all.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“Once, I hated my heromark.” “Why?” “Because it doesn’t automatically make me a hero.”
― David Estes, Nightfall

“Dragons are not the enemy. Are they all pure and holy? No. But neither are humans. Neither are Orians. Neither is any race or creed or sect or people.” “Especially those who say they are,” Peony said. Gwen snorted out a laugh. “A truer statement has never been spoken.”
― David Estes, Nightfall