Elliott Kay > Quotes

“Rawr! I’m a duke of Hell, bitches!’ and then he was like, ‘This is my turf! Welcome to Castle Cocksucker!’ and then he was all, ‘You’re all gonna die!’ and then it was, ‘Fuck, this sword hurts!’ and finally he was like, ‘Oh fuck, I’m dead!”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“Nobody’s ‘chosen’ for anything. You happen to be in one situation or another and you make your decisions based on who you are. Maybe you’re the right person for that situation, maybe you’re not. Hopefully you do the right thing for the world and you move on from there.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward.”
― Elliott Kay

“Many people want only enough money to provide general security and some small measure of amusement, and are satisfied with that.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“Laws and ethics are what make an army or a navy something different than a mob of assholes with guns.”
― Elliott Kay, Rich Man's War

“Warning: “Good Intentions” contains violence, explicit sex, nudity, inappropriate use of church property, portrayals of beings divine and demonic bearing little or no resemblance to established religion or mythology, trespassing, bad language, sacrilege, blasphemy, attempted murder, arguable murder, divinely mandated murder, justifiable murder, filthy murder, sexual promiscuity, kidnapping, attempted rape, arson, dead animals, desecrated graves, gang activity, theft, assault and battery, panties, misuse of the 911 system, fantasy depictions of sorcery and witchcraft, multiple references to various matters of fandom, questionable interrogation tactics, cell phone abuse, reckless driving, consistent abuse of vampires (because they deserve it), even more explicit sex, illegal use of firearms within city limits, polyamory, abuse of authority, hit and run driving, destruction of private property, underage drinking, disturbances of the peace, disorderly conduct, internet harassment, bearers of false witness, mayhem, dismemberment, falsification of records, tax evasion, an uncomfortably sexy mother, bad study habits, and a very silly white guy inappropriately calling another white guy “nigga” (for which he will surely suffer). All characters depicted herein are over the age of 18, with the exception of one little girl who merely needs to get her cat out of a tree. Don’t worry, nothing bad happens to her. She makes it through the story just fine.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“They piss on your leg, tell you it’s raining, and then offer to sell you an umbrella with a smile.”
― Elliott Kay, Dead Man's Debt

“So you’re wrapped up in a fight against evil with two smoking hot women glued to you and your buddies along for the ride? Dude. You’re like a Joss Whedon show, man.” “I am not,” Alex replied. “You totally are.” “Jason, stop it. I’m serious.” “I’m just sayin’.” “Jason,” Wade broke in, “y’all realize that if he’s a Joss Whedon show, at least one of his gals has gotta get killed off in some climactic moment for no other reason than to punch up the drama, right?” Jason”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“The world is never lacking for angry men with simple answers to complicated problems. The trouble starts when people listen to them. But I knew it was time to get out when they started asking for lists. It always goes bad when those simple men come into power and start making lists.”
― Elliott Kay, No Medals for Secrets

“Lorelei, do you want other men?”
Her answer was calm, quiet and straightforward: “Yes.”
― Elliott Kay, Natural Consequences

“You wanna fight right, you gotta be meaner than the other guy. Don’t matter if it’s ugly. Losing is uglier. You don’t know what’s gonna happen if you lose.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“Wealthy people don’t riot. They hire other people to do that sort of work.”
― Elliott Kay, Dead Man's Debt

“No. It’s a covert op,” Janeka countered. “Eighty kilos of weaponized angst is the wrong tool for the job.”
― Elliott Kay, No Medals for Secrets

“A whore is someone who provides sex for money. I don’t see the crime in that. That could obviously be rough business and I know it chews people up but I’m not going to judge. Anyone who’s got a serious problem with a woman doing that should step up and offer her a different job. And ‘slut’ is a double standard. Why’s it okay for men to have many partners, but not women? That doesn’t add up. “I want to get laid a lot. Does that make me a slut? Maybe, but more to the point, should I be ashamed of it? And if I feel that way about myself, should I feel that way about others?”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“How many people preferred stability—even unfair stability—over the turmoil of honesty? “Master-at-Arms”
― Elliott Kay, Dead Man's Debt

“Friends Help You Move. Real Friends Help You Move Bodies.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“Repent, motherfucker. The end is near. For you, anyway.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“There’s a whole galaxy of ass out there to kick, and I’ve got just the feet for it.” Tanner”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“You mix metaphors,” added Carl. “I what?” “You mix metaphors. You start talking about the idea of having a gun to their head and then you describe the corps as having strings in their backs, like puppets. And then you talk about playing a rigged game. You’ve got to pick one or the other. Unless you want them all to see themselves as puppets playing cards with guns to their heads, but that’s just stupid. Who shoots a puppet?” The captain’s mouth fell open. “You know, I had teachers who talked like you in school. Pretty sure they’re what drove me to a life of crime.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“Tanner looked in the mirror, twenty-three years old and a civilian again. A civilian for life, as far as he was concerned. Hopefully someday he’d figure out how to handle it.”
― Elliott Kay, Last Man Out

“You don’t beat an insurgency with guns and intimidation. Not really. You beat insurgencies with jobs and civil rights. You beat them with progress. Naturally, big money types find that galling. They don’t want to do that kind of hard work. They’d rather pay someone to stomp on the insurgents. It doesn’t work. It only keeps the people with guns in business.” --“Lessons of a Corporate Soldier,” Bill Hathaway, August 2280”
― Elliott Kay, Last Man Out

“What, we’re not voting on this, are we? We’re not a pirate ship,” said Jesse. “No, but—” Lynette began. “It’s assholes with guns. I don’t care if they’ve got uniforms. They’re out here bullying and robbing people and we’re on a medical run. If they get in our way, we run them over.”
― Elliott Kay, Habitual Heroes

“Nonsense. This is my first beer. Ah only ever moon people sober. Y’ never know what horrible things might happen if’n ya show yer ass when drunk.”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“I’m not some preternatural bad ass. The whole reason I’m still alive is because I read all the manuals, not because I have magic murder powers.”
― Elliott Kay, Last Man Out

“least”
― Elliott Kay, Dead Man's Debt

“I just thought after yesterday that you must’ve told the bitch to keep her tramp snatch shut. I suppose it doesn’t do any real harm...even if you’re probably bound to do it again,”
― Elliott Kay, Good Intentions

“The world is never lacking for angry men with simple answers to complicated problems.”
― Elliott Kay, No Medals for Secrets

“Most folks don’t like considering themselves bad guys. They wanna look in the mirror and see a good guy, no matter what they do. Just gotta make sure they feel some sense of justification is all.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“She found a spot at the center of the assembled recruits and got even louder. She had amazing control for someone speaking at such a volume. “Does anyone know what ‘Oscar’ means in naval parlance?” Silence. She sighed. “Does anyone know what ‘parlance’ means?” “Parlance is a particular manner of speaking, Gunny Janeka!” Tanner called out. “I did not ask what it meant! I asked if anyone knew what it meant! Fifty push-ups, Recruit Malone, right now!” As he dropped, she looked around the squad bay for signs of amusement. “Einstein! You, too! Drop!” The recruit grunted in frustration, but he obeyed.”
― Elliott Kay, Poor Man's Fight

“None of this military stuff is ever as precise as they want the public to believe. You train for that, but in practice combat is a lot of stumbling and flopping and improvisation. I’m starting to think a lot of other jobs are like that, too.” --Crewman Tanner Malone, Unused Interview Video, January 2276”
― Elliott Kay, Last Man Out