Michael Pryor > Quotes

“Aubrey Fitzwilliam hated being dead. It made things much harder than they needed to be.”
― Michael Pryor, Blaze of Glory

“This first part may be a little rough.' He waved a hand and did his best to appear as if he'd had enormous experience with levitating buildings.”
― Michael Pryor, Heart of Gold

“People who have outrageous skills and abilities are the gold nuggets in the river bed of human history.”
― Michael Pryor

“I can be a little prickly when people make assumptions about women.”
― Michael Pryor, Hour of Need

“This was war: a vast machine that chewed up people.”
― Michael Pryor, Hour of Need

“George grinned. 'A pity you're perfectly dreadful at shooting.'
Aubrey shrugged. 'I've had all the lessons. I'm adequate.'
'Adequate? I suppose it depends on what you mean. If you mean that you haven't actually shot yourself by accident, then by all means describe yourself as adequate.'
George laced his fingers together and placed them on his chest. ''I'll come, then I might be able to spare you some embarrassment.'
'I'm honoured.”
― Michael Pryor, Blaze of Glory

“Caroline rose. She studied him for a moment before sitting on his knee.
He wasn't quite sure exactly how it happened. If pressed, he would have asked for three or four hundred pages to write a description of the series of impossibly graceful bendings and movements that ended with her perched there with one hand on his shoulder. He didn't understand - and he was sure that it defied physics - how Caroline could be so light on that tiny patch of his legs, and yet so weighty in the way her presence affected him. Her gaze, for instance, probably clocked in at about fifty or sixty tons, to judge from the effect it was having on him.
He never wanted to move. Never, ever, ever. Let the heat death of the universe come along and he'd be quite happy to still have Caroline Hepworth sitting just like that, on his knee, looking at him without speaking. The tiny light of the shaded lantern was irrelevant. He saw everything, as if it were the brightest of middays.
It was so perfect, so hoped for, that Aubrey knew it couldn't last. He glanced around.
'What are you doing?' Caroline asked very, very softly.
'Looking for whoever is going to interrupt us.'
'That's a pessimistic outlook.'
'Wars, especially, have a habit of ignoring the lives of people.'
'If you follow that through, it suggests living for the moment is best.'
'Live without planning? Without dreams? That sounds rather limited.'
'And that sounds rather like Aubrey.”
― Michael Pryor, Hour of Need

“Inilah perbedaan di sebuah kode dan sandi rahasia. Kode adalah komunikasi rahasia di mana sebuah kata atau frase diganti dengan kata lain, simbol, atau angka. Sandi rahasia jauh lebih elegan dan lebih lentur. Sebuah sandi rahasia mengubah huruf-huruf daripada kata-kata.”
― Michael Pryor, Blaze of Glory

“Is it safe?" Evadne asked.
"In the heart of the lair of prehistoric people who eat humans? Probably not.”
― Michael Pryor, The Extinction Gambit

“You should give up sarcasm. People could get the wrong idea about you.”
― Michael Pryor, Gap Year in Ghost Town

“Aubrey Fitzwilliam knew that crisis was another word for opportunity.”
― Michael Pryor, Heart of Gold

“One kills so many people, these days, that it's hard to keep track.”
― Michael Pryor, Gap Year in Ghost Town

“Tempting fate, much? If I was Fate, lounging around in stately Fate Mansion drinking Fate Cola and eating a big bowl of Fate Crispies and I heard a dismissive Scots accent saying something like that, I’d be revving up the Fatemobile to teach said Mr Tartanjocks a lesson in humility.”
― Michael Pryor, Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town

“Is it safe?" Evadne asked.
"In the heart of the lair of prehistoric people who eat humans? Probably not." Pg 197”
― Michael Pryor

“The engine rumbled like a lazy leopard.”
― Michael Pryor, Gap Year in Ghost Town

“An ally in time of need is worth more than gold.
(Lady Rose quoting Scholar Tan)”
― Michael Pryor, Moment of Truth