Patty Jansen > Quotes

“Stop. You’re going to make an excuse for not being normal and I have no interest in hearing that. Honestly, people always talk about ‘normal’ as though it is something to aspire to, but that’s a load of crap. Normal isn’t an achievement, it’s a baseline. Normal is something you end up as if you never get around to doing something interesting. You”
― Patty Jansen, Galactic Empires: Seven Novels of Deep Space Adventure

“But the habit of noble families to send their unruly and entitled sons to other noble families in order to get them straightened out was not one she understood.”
― Patty Jansen, The Idiot King

“Nova shoved the spare space suit at Midnight. "Put this on!" Steel cursed and looked down at his own suit. "There are holes in this." Nova groaned, reached into her pocket, and tossed him a roll of duct tape. "Never go hunting aliens without duct tape. Tape yourself up!”
― Patty Jansen, Galactic Empires: Seven Novels of Deep Space Adventure

“which lay, ugly and plain, side-by-side in the glittering water of the harbour.”
― Patty Jansen, Sword & Magic: Eight Fantasy Novels

“important”
― Patty Jansen, Fire & Ice

“Meme Empire”
― Patty Jansen, Galactic Empires: Seven Novels of Deep Space Adventure

“Wouldn’t it be amazing to be so lost in knowledge of birds and nature that you didn’t see the terrible things that happened in life?”
― Patty Jansen, The Idiot King

“Sometimes, the cost of doing nothing is higher than that of decisive action.”
― Patty Jansen, The Sahara Conspiracy

“After the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition is fierce, and pickings are scant. Scant enough that Craze’s father decides to improve his fortunes by destroying his son. He tells his only boy their moon isn’t big enough for them both and gives Craze a ticket for the next transport leaving the space dock.”
― Patty Jansen, Galactic Empires: Seven Novels of Deep Space Adventure

“They reached the back of the room. Two life-sized dolls with white whiskers and fedoras, sewn of cloth stuffed with straw, sat here at a chessboard. The two original players had died long ago, halfway through their year-long game, and Old Bat Brown had sewn the dolls himself as a tribute. Behind”
― Patty Jansen, Galactic Empires: Seven Novels of Deep Space Adventure

“Men who do not believe will watch like a cat and pounce when the opportunity arises. I’m the mouse. I try to stay out of their way. But like the mouse, I can go places where the cat can’t come.”
― Patty Jansen, The Idiot King

“If they were merchants, they would have not a customer left.” “But they are not merchants. They are dangerous men from the most connected, most experienced noble families.”
― Patty Jansen, The Idiot King

“Icefire”
― Patty Jansen, Fire & Ice