Rhett C. Bruno > Quotes

“We don't take kindly to defecating the dead," he said. He meant desecrating, but I let it go. He'd had a bad enough day.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“The man who seeks vengeance should start by digging two graves.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold as Hell

“Powerful men didn’t lock people in rooms unless they had a good reason to.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Collector

“The Revelation Sheriff bent down directly in my face and sneered. "Welcome to Revelation.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“Like your kind spared us, Łiga Ndeeń!?” she spat in a heavy accent.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold as Hell

“I’m going to suck you dry,” she said. From anyone else, that kind of statement would have had my attention.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Vein Pursuits

“There was less than one day until my eyes would never open again.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, This Long Vigil

“What strange acquaintances I've got these days…”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“Don’t think about The Lord of the Rings if you don’t even get the references, fool of a Took.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, An Unexpected Hero

“Well, what the fuck are you waiting for?” Fazar barked. Roo clapped his hands, looked at me, and said, “Well, what the fuck are you waiting for?” before stomping off toward the imp and his cart. Well, what the fuck was I waiting for?”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Vein Pursuits

“but you know what they say about plans . . . Men make ’em. God laughs.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold as Hell

“Maybe I just want to feel something, anything, besides the constant numbness I’ve felt for so long.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“Rebecca was the first to be assembled at this facility.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Collector

“New Beijing, Mars. The domed city was as wild a place as you could find in Sol”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Collector

“But when the sun goes down in the West, and the wolves start their song, it's hard not to clench a bit tighter on the reins. People aren’t afraid of being alone in the dark. They're afraid of not being alone in the dark. And friend, I'll tell you one thing: you ain't never alone. Not ever.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“An alliance was only an alliance until the interests of one party outweighed the benefits of the union.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Buried Goddess Saga: The Complete Series: (An Epic Fantasy Boxed Set: Books 1-6)

“I couldn’t end my life sealed in a chamber. My long sleep was approaching. The one I had chosen.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, This Long Vigil

“She was always eager to seem adventurous, but I knew, deep down in that horsey heart of hers, she was happier moseying around, finding stray strands of grass to gnaw on.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“shoddy construction. Each of the three wielded”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Complete Circuit Trilogy

“Yes… I surely was ten years of age when I gave birth to my daughter. Flattery stops working once the hairs turn gray, Whitney Fierstown. I’d have thought you’d know that by now.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Way of Gods

“A vacuum is no place for organic beings.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, This Long Vigil

“Cities have too many sounds for my taste. I’ll always prefer the still quiet of the West.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Vein Pursuits

“T-they said you died,” he said. “Got buried. The rider in black who done chased off them outlaws. Saw your grave, I did. Y-y-you . . . was dead.” “I got better.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold as Hell

“I love women”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Web of Eyes

“Once we see our parents’ failures, there is no room to remain a child.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Complete Circuit Trilogy

“Best thing we can learn from our parents is how to make better choices.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Roach

“Because this, out here? It’s primal,” he went on. “It’s the way we were meant to live. Winner takes all. Strongest at the top. We’re predators, Crowley. And that means we gotta eat. It ain’t a sin. It’s our goddamned nature.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Vein Pursuits

“Ding! You nailed it. And it’s on the back of a turtle.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, An Unexpected Hero

“You need a special kind of someone to shoot first and ask questions later. Or choose never to ask at all. That fella is me. The name's James Crowley, but most days, I'm just a goddamned Hand of God.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, Cold As Hell

“Let’s end the fucking nightmare and see what’s on the other side, huh? See where monsters go.”
― Rhett C. Bruno, The Roach