V.A. Lewis > Quotes

“You want to try it too, huh? I will not let you treat me to a restaurant!”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“how did you think a restaurant was going to eat you?” “I don’t know— it could be a building monster? A wild building?”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“Netherfication”
― V.A. Lewis, Hellprinces

“The infant floats in a sea of nothingness, existence but a mere eternity in darkness away from her birth. Logic dictated that this nativity is when the self is born, consciousness seeping into the fore of one's senses, distinction as a precondition rather than a prefiguration of life. Yet, this truism stipulates the priori of heightened perception: for consciousness being-in-itself as well as being-for-an-other. I had been alone; no friends; no companions; nothing more to experience than the infinitude of death. I remember questioning the very verisimilitude of my own lugubrious existence, flummoxed by the superfluous phantasm of life. How could any epistemology hold merit if my own truncated extant was mere frivol? The moments passed like teardrops, lost to a vast ocean. My life had no meaning— I was just another pebble on the ground, to be trampled without care. It was only upon meeting the others did what I perceive truly expand beyond my fringes. They were pulchritudinous things. Colorful. Exuberant. Different.  Subjects that I treated as objects, and subjects that treated me as an object. I saw none of myself in these strangers—”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“That means we should—” “—leave them be and just go to the Brilsum Ruins instead!” The Human man stared at me. I blinked innocently back at him, but he continued staring. Finally, after a moment, I scowled and threw my hands in the air. “...or we can be nice Humans and tell them we’ll protect them and ensure they don’t die.” “Good girl.” “Don’t make me punch you.” “I was joking. Please don’t. I’d like to have kids one day.”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“You’ve lived an unfortunate life where poisons seek you⁠—except you’re actively looking for them. Please stop. Poisons and other toxins are considerably less effective on you now.”
― V.A. Lewis, Amber the Cursed Berserker Book 1

“Don’t know. But I can pick up on simple social cues such as trying to avoid us, unlike you.” “Hey! I’m getting better!” “To be fair, you really are.”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“The [Tailor] was annoyed by me at first because I kept asking questions, but when I set a bag of gold on the table, he stopped being rude and kindly gave me everything I wanted.” “Money is very, uh, persuasive.”
― V.A. Lewis, The Plaguelands

“[My Flame Shall Burn Until Eternity Ends]”
― V.A. Lewis, Grand Skill

“Have you ever just grabbed a handful of ants and stuffed them in your mouth? The best part is when some of them escape and they’re crawling all over your teeth, so you just lick your tongue all over it.”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“So, I hear you’re friends with the Primordial Spirit. How was that encounter?” Amber blinked before smiling. “Well, like any normal friendship, it starts with fearing for your life.” “Ah, classic.”
― V.A. Lewis, Amber the Cursed Berserker Book 2

“yet. Ninety-nine point nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine… you get what I’m saying…”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“Rock smashed against rock and rock broke apart. I picked up more rocks and continued swinging rocks at more rocks. More rocks fell and more rocks broke. And I had more rocks to swing and to throw.”
― V.A. Lewis, Curious Beginnings

“cheeks, readying himself for the final plate. “This is the last option. Are you ready? No man on Earth has ever resisted the alluring tastes of its drizzling oil spilling all over your taste buds. I present to you the greatest biological weapon America has ever invented: the burger.”
― V.A. Lewis, The Plaguelands

“Well, of course. Did you think I was going to kiss you goodnight or something?!” the man hissed.”
― V.A. Lewis, Amber the Cursed Berserker Book 1

“Without burning any bridges.”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“Every mistake a person makes is a mistake you can fall into yourself. Every moment of pain, despair, and anger they feel is something you will feel once in your life.”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“for the nth time,”
― V.A. Lewis, Seth the Abyssal Assassin Book 2

“It was something I lacked. And when I brought it up to Daniel, he shrugged. “Probably education. You’re uneducated, so you don’t understand how it works, I guess.” “Hey! Are you calling me stupid?” “That’s not what I meant— but I do think you’re pretty dumb.”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“There is always a 9-year-old better than you.”
― V.A. Lewis, Amber the Cursed Berserker Book 1

“Well, you should, because I’m not going to be eating anything unless it has six legs, antennae, and is squirming on my plate, got it?”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“It is in a person’s nature to inherently disagree with someone who claims you are incorrect, no? Otherwise, you’d be admitting ignorance over a matter you are impassioned about. And as much as we strive to be modest and openminded, we cannot simply mold ourselves to what others claim with certainty, as we’d then be no more than a piece of paper for them to draw on.”
― V.A. Lewis, Corruption and Centinels

“SalvosthisisgoodandalllbutIwanttomakeitstop!”
― V.A. Lewis, The Plaguelands

“I punched him in the nether region.”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“That was something she was going to have to learn about Humans— or well, mortals— from spending more time in the Mortal Realm. But for now, Daniel would help her in her quest to go back home. It was not for any particular reason. He just understood the feeling— he could empathize with her. The longing to return to where you belonged was something he knew all too well. After all, he was a [Hero] from another world.”
― V.A. Lewis, A Demon's Pride

“Mngrph”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“The red sky faded away. ANd the ground shone a dark black.”
― V.A. Lewis, Hellprinces

“Die for my reward money!”
― V.A. Lewis, Amelia The Level Zero Hero Book 1

“do you serve bugs?”
― V.A. Lewis, Primeval Knowledge

“The Arcslime is the amalgamation of all that is evil. So, for the sake of justice and all that is good, let us genocide their whole race!" - God King Tay-Burl the Genocider”
― V.A. Lewis, Overpowered Magic Goo Book 1