Jeff Grubb > Quotes

“When given a choice between two, choose the third.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“Propaganda is a weapon that the Confederacy wields best, and wields heaviest. It is their hammer. And when all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.”
― Jeff Grubb, Liberty's Crusade

“Remember me as I tried to be, not as I was." ~Urza, The Brother's War”
― Jeff Grubb

“You can either plan to be eternally vigilant and ready, eschewing life as we know it, or be willing to enjoy life and pay the price.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“Size matters not. Inertia, however, is a pain in the butt."

-Mander Zuma”
― Jeff Grubb, Star Wars: Scourge

“What is he like?" asked Khadgar, his voice almost pleading.
"Like everyone else, I suppose." said Moroes. "Has his druthers. Has his moods. Good days and bad. Like everybody else."
"puts his pants on one leg at a time," said Khadgar, sighing.
"No. He levitates into them," said Moroes.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“My name means 'Keeper of Secrets' in High Elven. Your name means "Trust" in the old dwarven language. So I will hold you to your name, young Khadgar. Young Trust.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“The brew was military style "A"—freshly made and scalding, suitable for pouring down on peasants attacking the family castle.”
― Jeff Grubb, Liberty's Crusade

“He liked order and precision, and his crew knew it. He had hand-picked each and every one of them, and he'd never sailed with a finer group of men. Not that he would ever say it out loud, but they knew it.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“Fine," said Khadgar, looking at the books. "I'll just sit here and figure out how to tame an hourglass.”
― Jeff Grubb, Warcraft: The Last Guardian

“Never trust anything that a man will not set his reputation and name upon.”
― Jeff Grubb, The Last Guardian

“Apocalypses and Ragnaroks, large and small, litter the past of fantasy worlds, and the landscape is a scar tissue of these previous fallen times.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

“The apocalyptic nature of fantasy also carries with it the implied statement that the current setting is diminished. That this is a lesser world, living in the shadows cast by the monuments of the past, and that the achievements of its heroes are reduced in the process.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

“You are the New Young Man?” said a soft, almost sepulchral voice, and Khadgar, his head still craned upward, nearly jumped out of his skin. He wheeled to see a stooped, thin figure emerge out of the shadows of the entrance way.
The stooped thing looked marginally human, and for a moment Khadgar wondered if Medivh was mutating forest animals to work as his servants. This one looked like a hairless weasel, its long face was framed by what looked like a pair of black rectangles.”
― Jeff Grubb, Warcraft: Last Guardian No.3 (Warcraft Series) by Jeff Grubb (10-May-2003) Mass Market Paperback

“It was the night before the end of the world.”
― Jeff Grubb, Magic the Gathering: The Brothers' War

“Did you Voice her?” asked Reen. “ ‘Voice’ her?” replied Mander, looking perplexed. “You know. Voice her. Jedi Hoodoo. Mind tricks.” She made a theatrical wave of her hand. “Tell her You want to let us land on the planet or something like that. And then she agrees and we go off.” “Did Toro tell you we can do that?” asked Mander. “I saw it in the holofilms,” said Reen.”
― Jeff Grubb, Scourge: Star Wars Legends

“I must admit that I feel that the best form of government is benevolent despotism.”
― Jeff Grubb

“For there to be ancient tombs, there must have been ancient tomb-builders. And these tomb-builders were relatively powerful, in that they built structures that could withstand the test of time.
...Further, these precursors probably met rather sudden ends, as they didn't have much chance to pass along their secrets to succeeding generations and races.”
― Jeff Grubb, Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

“The young man had lost his mentor, his home, and his brother, all because of the actions of a single night.”
― Jeff Grubb, Magic the Gathering: The Brothers' War