Paul B. Thompson > Quotes

“This extraneous jetsam.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness & Light

“Ironskin will truly buy food with money?" she said, incredulous.
"Of course. I don't steal," Sturm said.
"You have much money?"
"Not so much," he said. "I'm not rich."
"That I figure. Rich man always steal," Tervy said.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness and Light

“The times make those who live in them”
― Paul B. Thompson, Firstborn

“Life is brutal, and so are facts.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness & Light

“Any time you want die, ask me, she replied.”
― Paul B. Thompson, The Fortune-Teller

“Brain scans are sexy.”
― Paul B. Thompson

“No one is beaten until they are beaten. Giving up is weakness.”
― Paul B. Thompson

“The principle of scientific inquiry should not be limited to merely the practical or the possible," explained Sighter. "Only by investigating the unlikely and the unthought-of is the sum total of knowledge advanced.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness and Light

“Honor! One day you’ll face a foe without your concept of honor, and that will be the end of Sturm Brightblade.” They went back”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness & Light

“You never know,” said Raistlin with a glance at the kitchen. “People change.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness & Light

“Because they don’t want to seem vulnerable. Humans have a lot of this attitude called ‘pride,’ which is sort of like the satisfaction you get when your machine performs correctly. Pride makes them act contrary to the way they really feel.”
― Paul B. Thompson, Darkness & Light