Josh Erikson > Quotes

“I want a good set of rules to know where my boundaries are. Otherwise how am I supposed to know what to break?”
― Josh Erikson, Blight Marked

“Few things in this world scare me anymore. When you learn to see into people's hearts, there aren't that many monsters left in the dark.”
― Josh Erikson, Hero Forged

“Once you're already carrying ten gallons of crazy, another cup or two is mostly academic.”
― Josh Erikson, Hero Forged

“But I like to think it’s because Death and I have met often enough now that we’ve built up a little professional understanding. I stay properly respectful of his icy hand ever at my back, and he gets to enjoy watching all the stupid ways I come up with to slip out of his existential headlocks. Everybody wins. Well, until I don’t.”
― Josh Erikson, Dawn Razed

“Some people really like to talk about honoring the past for what it did to make us. And while I basically understand what they mean by that and why they need to say it, I still think the sentiment is an overflowing bucket of bullshit. Sure, it may be perfectly fine for folks with pristine memories, but it leaves the rest of us dealing with the implication that all of the pain or trauma or damage we suffered along the way was somehow essential to who we eventually became. That the hurt made us stronger, or that the loss gave as much as it took. That we are who we are because of our damage and not in spite of it. And that just sucks as a philosophy. It’s a kind of societal shrug at the worst tragedies, as if to say we can’t do anything about them so we might as well attach some ephemeral pride to having survived. I don’t know. Do whatever works for you, I guess. But I for one don’t feel born from my past so much as resurrected from it. So while I might visit the grave of that life now and then, I’m certainly not wasting any money on flowers.”
― Josh Erikson, Dawn Razed

“Well, I think we'll get along just fine. I mean, I should tell you right up front that the whole world domination thing isn't how it works anymore, but we'll get there. Our overall goals are similar enough. None of us here are very excited about the prospect of being rendered down to fuel the eternal engine of entropy, but I assure you there are other ways. Once upon a time it might have been nice to have a throne of skulls to sit on as you glutted on the blood of virgins, but there's only so many times you can do that before it gets old, you know? And skulls are not terribly ergonomic. The teeth are particular murder on the thighs. Besides, these humans are so much more fun to play with now. Trust me, modern society is a big upgrade once you get used to it.”
― Josh Erikson, Hero Forged

“supposed to be here,” he said. “That’s undeniable. But guess what? Neither fucking am I. Neither are any of us! We weren’t preordained to be some kind of cosmic hero squad, we’re just a bunch of unlucky assholes who were in the wrong place in the wrong era. None of us know what the hell we’re doing, so the fact that you have even half a clue makes you better suited to this than the rest of us. And do you see any other gods or legends scrambling to lead us out of this shitstorm? No. You’re here, and so am I. And that’s what we’ve got.”
― Josh Erikson, Blight Marked

“The warmth of her was like a balm, spreading through him and healing in places he hadn't known were broken.”
― Josh Erikson, Hero Forged

“It's tough to summon any excitement for regular old felonies when the memories live alongside that time I accidentally had sexy thoughts about the seven-foot-tall personification of hatred.”
― Josh Erikson, Fate Lashed

“Because in the single step between one place we know and one we don’t, anything could happen. And sometimes does.”
― Josh Erikson, Dawn Razed