Maxime J. Durand > Quotes

“We are no longer called Hell," Malfy replied. "After decades of benchmarking studies, our Corporate Overlords identified the name as no longer politically-correct. We have now been rebranded as Happyland.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“You killed everyone I knew when you destroyed the Woods of Gevaudan. The good thing is, I hated everyone I knew.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“Less talking more sleeping.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“inhaling like an asthmatic Darth Vader.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer 2

“you’re getting awfully buddy buddy with a lot of girls. While as a man I would advise to do the irresponsible thing, as a brother I must warn you not to make the stupid choice, Stupid.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Spells for Sale

“You hide in plain sight, among school kids, among friends and family. That’s what I’m angry about. You turned us into your shields, and one day someone is going to take a bullet for you.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Spells for Sale

“Yes, when a man and a woman love each other very much, a child falls from the skies,”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer 2

“I designed his costume!" Wardrobe paled in horror at the terrible truth. "But I didn’t know someone would use it for evil!"
"It has skulls on the socks!" Felix snarled, pointing a finger at Ryan’s boots. "What did you expect?”
― Maxime J. Durand, The Perfect Run II

“An adventurer’s best friends were the bombs he built along the way.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“You complain about food?” Ronald asked. The flames of the grill flared briefly, as if to echo his anger. “You become food.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer 2

“Nice. In his case, Mr. Wave traveled to Tibet and explored the great mysteries of the cosmos. Did Mr. Wave create the world when he was born, or was the world made for Mr. Wave? Is it possible that the only gravity is the one produced by Mr. Wave’s charisma?”
― Maxime J. Durand, The Perfect Run III

“The giant riding it looked like a monstrous, headless knight, carrying an enormous axe of flesh and bone with one hand. A floating eye of blue flames hovered where the head should have been, glaring down with malice at the small people the monster cut mercilessly.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“If you let your personal feelings and principles interfere with the greater good, you have already lost.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Never Die Twice

“Oh god, Ryan loved Star Wars, even the prequels. He was glad the old world ended before anyone could make cash-grab sequels though. They would have sucked. He knew it deep within his bones.”
― Maxime J. Durand, The Perfect Run

“Watching you gave me diabetes.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“The red menace contaminated our precious bodily fluids!”
― Maxime J. Durand, The Perfect Run II

“You don’t want paradise?” “You don’t get it, Partner.” Shellgirl grinned. “If you live in an ideal world, then you’ve nothing left to strive for. Growth is happiness, you see? If you stop striving for new milestones, then you become dead inside. At least that’s how I see it.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer 3

“It’s… I don’t feel better, I don’t think so. But I feel less bad.”
― Maxime J. Durand, The Perfect Run II

“Plato wagged his tail.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“Mortals are suckers for broken birds.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“I will defend gender equality to my last breath.” “By hitting a woman?”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“He believed he would become his parties front liner, but in truth he had been getaway driver all along.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“He cheated,” Plato mused, trying to lighten the mood. “That’s what he does, that scummy Mario Kart item spammer.” “You’re just jealous of my turtle swagger,” Basil replied.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer 3

“They’re asking what they should replace the sacrifices with," Victor translated. "Tell them they must moonwalk until they collapse of exhaustion every full moon, then to eat their own fecal matter.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“I, Basil Bohen, have invented renewable suicide bombers!”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“As for the last chapter, the ending is meant to be ambiguous. It says something that my own proofreader, Daniel, couldn't agree with me on who was the story's antagonist in the end: he believed Gwen was the tragic hero and Tye the villain who had to be punished for his crimes, I took a more nuanced approach in that it's all shades of grey and that all characters were flawed human being. We had heated debates about the ending.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Never Die Twice: A LitRPG Necromancer Story

“My car!”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer

“They’re asking what they should replace the sacrifices with," Victor translated. "Tell them they must moonwalk until they collapse of exhaustion every full moon, then to eat their own fecal matter." "Seriously?" "No, but that would have been funny," the Moon Beast replied. "Tell them to pray to the Moon Man for insight, then to hold a quiet, private orgy under the moonlight every full moon; narcotics are encouraged, but not necessary. Order them to stop summoning me, as I have other cults to guide.”
― Maxime J. Durand, Vainqueur the Dragon

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer”
― Maxime J. Durand, Apocalypse Tamer