Travis Bagwell > Quotes

“Robert started heading for the door to the control room.  Claire watched his back, a frown plastered on her face.  “Where do you think you're going, Robert?”
“I'm going to go make some popcorn,” Robert replied with a smile.  “I expect that whatever is happening in Lux is going to be extremely entertaining.”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“He could live without furniture and on a ramen-only diet, but he needed more bandwidth. ”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“He needed to get over himself and start moving forward.  Gone were the days of simpering self-loathing and anger.  He was going to create something awe-inspiring with his life.”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“When someone hurts you like that, you don’t just heal immediately.  It’s a breach of trust that makes you question everything and everyone else in your life.  It makes you re-examine your friends and family under a microscope.”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“People always assume that family is a ‘right’, but it’s not - not at all. Family is a privilege. It’s earned.”
― Travis Bagwell, Hellion

“If distance made the heart grow fonder then proximity made the heart grow more homicidal.”
― Travis Bagwell, Dominion

“I guess what I’m saying is that trust is difficult.  I don’t know your friends’ situation or what they’re going through, but even small betrayals can feel like heavy blows if you’re already bruised and bloody,” Angie explained quietly.  “I’m not sure this helps,” she added with a soft chuckle.  “It’s probably just the prattling of an old woman.”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“How are the lawyers going to draft that clause of the contract?  Jason must provide Robert with epic battle footage?”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“For example, how about the Bone Lord!”  He hesitated briefly, then continued, “Ugh. No.  On second thought, I could see how that one could be misinterpreted.”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“What must it feel like to be forced to play god?  To create evil for the sake of defining good?”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“But one thing is certain. If you do nothing - if you talk yourself out of trying - then you will always fail”
― Travis Bagwell, Hellion

“when life gives you lemons… Actually, you would probably turn them into some kind of giant fruit monster that eats babies.  Nevermind.  Please stay away from lemons!”
― Travis Bagwell, Apathy

“A choice was presented to you, and you chose to act on your own desire regardless of the consequences”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“However, she was now backed into a corner with no way out.  There was nowhere to go but forward.”
― Travis Bagwell, Apathy

“For the record, I still think this is madness,” Daniel chirped. “No, this is Awaken Online,” Jason grunted back, earning a snort of amusement from Finn.”
― Travis Bagwell, Hellion

“The voice in his mind roared in triumph as Alexion witnessed the god’s death, a feeling of exquisite bliss overwhelming his senses.  He had done it.  He had finally done it.  He had killed a god!  He would rule this world and burn down the Twilight Throne with his own hands.  No one could stop him now.  No one!”
― Travis Bagwell, Evolution

“I will not forget again. And I will not forgive. I do not know why they did this to me, but it doesn’t matter – not now.”
― Travis Bagwell, Flame

“If you have any complaints, you can lodge them with our customer service department.  Please address your email to: Ididntthinkthisthrough@notourproblem.com”
― Travis Bagwell, Flame

“They’re all oblivious.  Content to gamble away their time and money – which are really just the same thing when you get down to it.  Their lives quantified and measured and traded for coin.”
― Travis Bagwell, Happy

“With a final leap, Frank sailed into the air, streaking toward the massive creature. Without warning, a tentacle lashed forward toward the barbarian.  Frank pivoted slightly in the air to face the oncoming tentacle, his movements sluggish and unpracticed.  He wasn’t able to react in time, and the blow knocked him off course.”
― Travis Bagwell, Evolution

“Brian seemed to start at that, his eyes going round.”
― Travis Bagwell, Hellion

“Your kind’s memories are tricky things,” she said finally.  “They are like oil paintings.  Even the first draft is an impression, an imperfect recreation of the event itself.  Yet each time you access those memories, you paint a new layer overtop the old, adding small changes and tweaks.  Those alterations grow and compound on themselves over time until the current painting almost doesn’t resemble the original.”
― Travis Bagwell, Flame

“You must learn to identify the desires of others and foster those wants and needs.  This is the true mastery of desire.”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“Sometimes delulu is the only solulu.”
― Travis Bagwell, Awaken Online: Crucible

“Description:  You have learned to tap into your city’s water mana well using your affinity’s relic.   Your absence from the Sea’s Edge – your extended acceptance of Fluffy’s rule in your stead, of the Hippie’s insanity, of your place in this world – has only amplified the power collected by your well, providing a bottomless well of power, deeper and wider than any ocean. Well Level:  23 (43% to level 24) Current “Fucks Given:”  -1500/400 “Fucking” Income:  -8 every two days (average).”
― Travis Bagwell, Hellion

“Quest Failed:  Over Your Head Instead of slaying the Tentacle Horror, your group betrayed the lizardmen and started a full-fledged invasion of Falcon’s Hook that resulted in the complete genocide of their race.  Good job?”
― Travis Bagwell, Evolution

“The judgmental bullshit and social pecking order are still there.  The only difference is that people get a little better about smiling at you while they’re screwing you over.”
― Travis Bagwell, Ember

“And now I’ve brought zombie hand grenades to AO! The”
― Travis Bagwell, Catharsis

“They’re in the vines,”
― Travis Bagwell, Precipice

“It was like the language had been created by a drunken Chinese bard who was just a little too fond of Shakespeare”
― Travis Bagwell, Ember