David Adams > Quotes

“you call them, the meaning is still the same. They represent the future, the next generation, the continuation and growth of the species. Their importance goes beyond an individual merely passing along our genes. In a sense, they are everything a society must treasure and nurture if the society is to continue to exist in the future. The next generation is everything we fight for every single day, everything we work towards, everything we sacrifice and suffer for. They are us. Killing an adult is a terrible thing, yes, for this act robs a society of its present. To take the life of a child is to rob it of its future. It is a universal constant in almost all civilisations that to harm a child—physically, mentally, or sexually—is an abhorrent act punishable by the harshest means available. It is the worst of crimes.”
― David Adams, Ren of Atikala

“Worm! Less than nothing! You will tell them how Varsian the Immortal cut down your crew like a scythe through grass! You will tell them how you begged for death, about how you pleaded for your pathetic life as—”]”
― David Adams, Demons of the Void

“The Gods were dead, everyone knew that; the sentient races had risen up eons ago and slain them for their meddling, but there was some hand of the divine in my finding it.”
― David Adams, Ren of Atikala

“It’s understandable. People bond with the strangest things. Some people, for example, get along better with animals than with humans; my cousin is autistic, and she finds that animals are, by far, easier to get along with. She doesn’t understand people at all, but when it comes to calming down a panicked mare, she’s like a little horse whisperer or something.”
― David Adams, Demons of the Void

“Rowe snorted with laughter. “A Commodore 64 was enough to put man on the moon, Captain.”
― David Adams, Demons of the Void