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Rick Yancey is an American novelist known for his young adult literature. His works often blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, and are highly favored by young readers.

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“The world existed for a very long time before this particular set of seven billion billion atoms came along and it will go right on after they're scattered up, down and sideways.”

World Young Adult Ya Atoms Cassiopeia

Book:The Last Star

Source: The Last Star

“Love is forever. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be love. The world is beautiful. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the world.”

World Love Life Humanity

Book:The Last Star

Source: The Last Star

“The world is a clock winding down.”

World Clock Winding Down

Book:The 5th Wave

Source: The 5th Wave

“It's an either/or world now.”

World Either Or

Book:The 5th Wave

Source: The 5th Wave

“Time for the world to end.”

World Ends

Author:Rick Yancey

“I stare at her. I've always known that it's impossible to argue with Belinda, not because she's particularly good at it, but because she's so bad at it- that there is no common ground to work from. She simply sees the world she wants to see it and no amount of logic can change her mind.”

World Want Mind Common Known Impossible Amount Logic Arguing Staring Common Ground

Author:Rick Yancey

“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.”

World Feels Mean Sun Tomorrow Breaths Yesterday Dawn Guarantees Guarantees That

Book:The 5th Wave

Source: The 5th Wave

“There was, like, this black hole where the world used to be, and we were both falling toward it. What could we hold on to?”

World Used Fall Black Holes Used To Be Black Hole

Book:The 5th Wave

Source: The 5th Wave

“If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?”

Ifs World Break Millions Promise

Book:The 5th Wave

Source: The 5th Wave

“To show mercy is not naïve. To hold out against the end of hope is not stupidity or madness. It is fundamentally human. Of course... We are all doomed; we are all poisoned from our birth by the rot of stars. That does not mean we should succumb...to the seductive fallacy of despair, the dark tide that would drown us. You may think I'm stupid, you may call me a madman and a fool, but at least I stand upright in a fallen world.”

Source: The Isle of Blood

About the Author

Born: November 4, 1962
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 275

Books & Sources

The 5th WaveRelated source material

The Infinite SeaRelated source material

The Last StarRelated source material

The Monstrumologist: The Terror BeneathRelated source material

The Isle of BloodRelated source material

The MonstrumologistRelated source material

The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th WaveRelated source material

The Monstrumologist: The Isle of BloodRelated source material

The Curse of the WendigoRelated source material

The Final DescentRelated source material

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