Michael Chatfield > Quotes

“The best teachers are not the people who are the best in their given skill but those who can open their students’ minds. Making what’s difficult easy to understand.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Sixth Realm, Part 1

“even when rising from sleep, his mind was clear and focused, able to pick up on the essential points and make a concise judgment.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Second Realm

“Dwarf down! I say again, Dwarf down! Don’t trust the Elves!”
― Michael Chatfield, Stone Raiders' Return

“I’m trying to start a revolution, the anti-bowing revolution—want to join? Our backs are much more relaxed.” Old Hei wagged his bushy eyebrows.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Third Realm

“An increase of 10% Agility would increase Erik’s Agility from 70 to 77.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Two Week Curse

“A wise man knows he knows nothing. A fool thinks they know all.”
― Michael Chatfield, Benvari Mountains

“With great power comes great possibilities.”
― Michael Chatfield, Beyond All Expectations

“Pale blue-gray skin, with four eyes arranged in a diamond pattern. The creature’s mouth opened in a silent scream, revealing rows of needle-like teeth.”
― Michael Chatfield, Restarting the Apocalypse

“better to have it and not need it than need it and be fucked.”
― Michael Chatfield, Stone Raiders' Return

“Rugrat, blades and guns. Erik, fists and guns. Rugrat, mana and elements combined into weapons and spells. Erik, elements and mana into beasts. Erik, speed. Rugrat, power. Focus on the basics. You start doing all this complicated shit and you’ll get confused in a fight. Act and react!” Xun Liang growled.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Ninth Realm

“The final product is only a reflection of the path that one has taken to reach it.”
― Michael Chatfield, Beyond All Expectations

“probably taken a left turn into the land of crazy.”
― Michael Chatfield, Beyond All Expectations

“We had done things we hadn’t thought possible and others claimed weren’t.”
― Michael Chatfield, From Furies Forged

“I am the builder. I am the destroyer. I am all; I am neutral and the balancer. I am the Grey God.” Bob tilted his head slightly. If Dave wasn’t wrapped up in his own confusion, then he might have seen the sadness and weariness in Bob’s voice.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Trapped Mind Project

“It’s an inverted tower. You must have tempered your body with all the elements, reached level one hundred and cultivated your seventy-two acupoints. Then, as you progress through the tower, you will be tested and you will be refined. You must descend all the way to the bottom of the tower where the last formation will be pressed upon you. Then you will become as powerful as the Thirteen.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Ninth Realm

“Rugrat didn’t need sleep. He didn’t need food as he drank Stamina solutions mixed with water from his camelbak. He didn’t need a shirt, nor pants, but he did need his American flag shorts and cowboy hat.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Second Realm

“I’ve signed some bad contracts before. What’s one more?”
― Michael Chatfield, The Seventh Realm, Part 2

“if it doesn’t work the first time, use diesel. The second time, use jet fuel. The third time, use some damned nitroglycerin!”
― Michael Chatfield, For The Guild

“A boy jumps into action right away. A man looks at what his actions might bring, studies the situation and learns from it.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Second Realm

“We provide a service for them that they repay in taxes and fees with a common look toward their betterment. We’re all in this together and we have to support those that would fall behind.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Eighth Realm

“they did as they were voluntold,”
― Michael Chatfield, The Second Realm

“Don’t be defined by others. Define yourself.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Sixth Realm, Part 2

“What does K.K.M.F. mean?” Xun Liang asked, looking at the new patch on their carriers. “Pretty nice, isn’t it? Erik came up with it.” “Knock knock, mother fuckers,” Erik said. “But say it in a whisper, scares people more.”  “Cause the next thing they hear is a breaching charge through their wall.” “Oorah!” “Oorah.” They tapped fists and kept walking. Weebla and Xun Liang staring at one another before following. “Knock knock, mother fuckers. Has a ring to it.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Ninth Realm

“Everything is just a puppet string away. The string is the nerves, and the pull is electrical impulses. Muscles and everything add force on top of that small impulse.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Ninth Realm

“Information builds the platform, but it is only through using that information that we can affect change,”
― Michael Chatfield, The Fifth Realm

“No, because someone killed off all the damn wolves so now there is a damn bunny plague that arrives every spring...”
― Michael Chatfield, Skeleton with a Heart

“I wish you the luck of the gods, but I don’t know if even they could help you with Mark,” he said with a small smile. “Except maybe Ares as he is her closest son by far.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Tenth Awakens

“It is not a loss of honor to bow one’s head when we were in the wrong.”
― Michael Chatfield, The Sixth Realm, Part 1

“We thought Vuzgal was their home. We thought it was their seat of power. How many dungeon cores have we found littering the grounds of this empire? How many of our people have had their strength decline with formations that cross tens of kilometers? They haven’t retreated. We have not forced them. They have tactically withdrawn. What in the fuck did we just stumble into? And who the hell are these people?”
― Michael Chatfield, The Seventh Realm, Part 2

“Later, it might seem that you can cut trees down with just your hands. Watch out, Bruce Lee!”
― Michael Chatfield, The Trapped Mind Project