Nathan Thompson > Quotes

“I made the necessary gestures and vocalizations Stell required of me. It felt weird. Mostly because my Baptist upbringing suddenly kicked in, saying any magic you didn't see in the old Lord of the Rings was completely taboo, and even that was only liked by people like my parents. I relaxed when the process began to feel like a scientific formula I was performing with my body, instead of forming a pact with Hell that exchanged my soul for dark power.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“To learn how to love your enemies, read the Bible. To learn how to survive them, read the Art of War.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“Strength would help me crush a tomato. Dexterity would help me dodge a thrown tomato. Constitution would help me recover from eating a bad tomato. Intelligence helps me know that a tomato is a fruit, and not a vegetable. Wisdom helps me know not to put a tomato into a fruit salad. And Charisma helps sell a tomato-based fruit salad to someone else, probably someone I intensely dislike.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“Yeah, sis, but you can't punch a teacher.” “I respectfully disagree with your hypothesis, but will test it for you anyway,” she said loftily.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“For some people, the pain and effort of exercise makes it difficult. But others live off of getting that second wind and the improvements to their body, and so they use that to push through the pain.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise

“Expletives danced entire ballrooms through my skull.”
― Nathan Thompson, Downfall And Rise