Mike Shel > Quotes

“One measure of wisdom is to know, as we are moved around the board, what the game is about.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“We all have our failings, Gnaeus,” answered Auric. “Understanding one’s own is the measure of wisdom.”
― Mike Shel, Aching God

“Welcome pain, for it is sent to instruct the wise man.”
― Mike Shel, Aching God

“Kennah scowled at Agnes, his face boiling with righteous fury. “I’m not gonna gut him, Agnes! I’m gonna cut his bonds. That way, it’ll take him longer to strangle. I wanna watch him dance and claw with that rope round his neck! I want to watch him shit himself while his lips turn blue!”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“It is always a marvel to me how human beings are so indifferent to tales of happy lives, instead wanting to hear stories of violence and despair.” “I don’ mind a happy ending, sir. But you kinda want to make them work for it, you know?”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“The man may just shit his britches.”
― Mike Shel, Aching God

“There’s a price to be paid for murder, but there’s a steeper one for stupidity.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“Youth is sweet, but we lack the wisdom to truly savor it, eh? And before we know it, the sourness of the world poisons our palates.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“we don’t grow because of pain. We grow in spite of it.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“We all harbor our own pain. Most just let it out in ways less operatic than our gracious hosts. Personally, I try my best not to contaminate others with my sorrow. While those two screech and howl at one another, the rest of us are struck by little flecks of their poison.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater

“When walking down the road, a wise man does not kick over every stone along his path. One never knows under which lurks a nasty spider, ready to squirt poison.”
― Mike Shel, Sin Eater