Rick Yancey
Rick Yancey
Richard "Rick" Yancey is an American author who has gained acclaim for his works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 November 1962
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
next plans hard
It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.
mean guarantees-that yesterday
It's almost dawn. You can feel it coming. The world holds its breath, because there's really no guarantee that the sun will rise. That there was a yesterday doesn't mean there will be a tomorrow.
mind crowds monsters
So often the monsters that crowd our minds are nothing more than the strange and thoroughly alien progeny of our own fearful fantasies.
stars night thinking
Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.
mean choices alternatives
You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.
lying light choices
But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.
crazy evil would-be
You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If everything was good, then nothing would be good.
moving past waiting
I don't move. I wait behind my log, terrified. Over the past ten minutes, it's become such a dear friend, I consider naming it: Howard, my pet log.
home people humanity
It was the price of survival. The cost of his people's last, desperate gamble: To rid his new home of humanity, he had to become human. And being human, he had to overcome his humanity.
life stars care
I don't care what the stars say about how small we are. One, even the smallest, weakest, most insignificant one, matters.