Kelly McCullough > Quotes

“I may not have any power over it at the moment, but at some point that must change. I can be very patient. I am the end of all things, nephew mine. I shall be the last. When birth has ended, I wil cut Clotho's cord, and she will be no more. The time will come when every last thread has been measured, and I will snip Lachesis from the great weave. In the end only Death and I will remain. Then I will cut his thread, and it will be me alone. With my last strength I will close the shears on my own life. I am the end of everything, including you.”
― Kelly McCullough, WebMage

“You didn't happen to install Windows when you upgraded me, did you?”
― Kelly McCullough, Codespell

“Being one of the world’s best at anything is a funny sort of situation. It’s a bit like walking along a fence top between two very deep pits. On the one side is overconfidence, on the other self-doubt. A misstep in either direction can set you up for a fall into ruin. And lying to yourself is one of the easiest missteps to make.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“That was the problem with relying on gods instead of thinking for yourself. When you base your morality on what heaven tells you to do, heaven can always cut you off at the knees by changing its mind.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“caution is always the best strategy when dealing with a librarian, and anything that might harm one of his books. Especially if he’s a sorcerer of some repute. Dealing with a dead king’s bodyguard is much less fraught than facing a librarian who thinks you’ve just taken one of his precious charges through a fire,”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“Every choice is a test.”
― Kelly McCullough, Darkened Blade

“I could have asked why, but I figured I’d find out quicker if I just did as I was told. Life is like that sometimes.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“There is a joy to doing something difficult really well, a joy that no other experience can touch, not alcohol, not drugs, not sex. Nothing comes close.”
― Kelly McCullough, Blade Reforged

“Happy people inhabit the moment. They don’t want to question what lies beneath or beyond, and that makes them vulnerable.”
― Kelly McCullough, Blade Reforged

“»Schmerz ist wie ein Schleifstein. Gebt ihm die Gelegenheit, und er schleift und schleift, bis nichts mehr da ist außer Staub, doch geschickt gehandhabt kann er die schärfsten Klingen hervorbringen.« (Kelly McCullough, Krieg der Klingen)”
― Kelly McCullough

“It is acceptable to feel fear, it is folly to hold on to it.”
― Kelly McCullough, Broken Blade

“Gegenwart ist Vergangenheit. Die eine baut auf der anderen auf. Jeder neue Tag steht auf den aufgehäuften Leichnamen Tausender vergangener Tage”
― Kelly McCullough