Peter Tieryas > Quotes

“Walking on water is easy if you know where to step.”
― Peter Tieryas, Watering Heaven

“I was adrift, tugged and pulled by the gravity of solitude, a festering hunger driving me like a relentless martinet”
― Peter Tieryas Liu, Watering Heaven

“Flaws weren't pariah; foibles were badges of character. Not something to be brushed away in Photoshop.”
― Peter Tieryas Liu, Watering Heaven

“That a universe exists within every human being. That to the blood cells and organs in your body, you are god. That this universe is only one individual among infinite others.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Why don’t people fight for change?” “Because the ones who do get hunted down.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Turn your cheek' only works with physical slaps, only works pre-Second coming. Against guns, bombs, and the most inhumane practices ever conceived, we must protect ourselves. We must become the agents of God's vengeance.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Since we're all snails riding on the razor's edge, we might as well say it as it is.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“...if a person could discard 99% of their life and experience only the best 1%, would they think life a grand and beautiful thing?”
― Peter Tieryas, Bald New World

“Regret is like a mental parasite that alters your behavior.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“That's the way history works. People forget so easily. You start telling yourself a new version of the past, and after a while, it becomes reality.”
― Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire

“You want a happy family?"

"I'd love a miserable one where everyone hated each other."

"Why?"

"So we could find redemption in each other's arms.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Everyone is just a set of numbers that the government has access to. Humanity lies in the interpretation of those numbers.”
― Peter Tieryas, Cyber Shogun Revolution

“But I got real tired of people using religion to suit their agendas. God became a mental genie that could be called upon to justify anything.”
― Peter Tieryas, Bald New World

“We'd rage a war, sun versus the stars of the earth and duke it out. Not for dominance, but the darkness of anonymity, the billions who sacrificed themselves so that other suns could burn more brightly.”
― Peter Tieryas, Bald New World

“Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity.”
― Peter Tieryas, Watering Heaven

“I think most people are afraid to love because they want the freedom to suffer alone.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“There’s no ideology, only people. And”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“A soldier is someone willing to lay down their life for their beliefs. There is no greater calling.”
― Peter Tieryas, Cyber Shogun Revolution

“Life is all about lies. It's about what you can stomach.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Why assume there is only one type of light that can reveal all the digital layers of reality?”
― Peter Tieryas, Bald New World

“The travesty of normalcy is revolting.”
― Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire

“Most demons are fallen angels.”
― Peter Tieryas, Cyber Shogun Revolution

“There's no ideology, only people.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Jesus and Yillah showed they were superior to the world by dying for it."

"Doesn't sound so superior," Ben commented.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“the sensor readings of hundreds of humans were crushed into millisecond flatlines. “A”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Honor is the only thing that separates us from animals.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“Kujira crunched her fists and the monster within died. The biomorph melted into a reservoir of rancor and loathing. Kujira”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan

“We need all the ghosts we can get on our side.”
― Peter Tieryas, Cyber Shogun Revolution

“Everything in the universe has the same courting rituals, inevitable breakup, or eventual destruction.”
― Peter Tieryas, Mecha Samurai Empire

“Akiko was in a meeting with her superior officers when she farted and tore a hole in her chair. The fart was so powerful, her commanding officers fell back.”
― Peter Tieryas, United States of Japan