Aaron Jay > Quotes

“when people deny each other their freedoms no matter how noble their intentions, tyranny and brutality are the inevitable result no matter how enlightened the slavers think they are. The tyranny necessary to enforce such a society traps everyone in it. It falls because it turns on itself. If people are lucky it falls because people who see themselves as free cannot be ruled for long. But one way or another it will fall.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Fuck. You never want to know the name of a mob. If it has a name it is strictly so it can tattoo that name on your ass as he hands it to you.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“We thought we were gods but forgot that God himself made sure to give people free will.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Running on sand is tiring. There is no rebound to help move you into your next step. You end up using a lot of muscles that you wouldn’t usually use to run.”
― Aaron Jay, Gathering Strength

“Some were listed by author. Adaptations from pre-collapse books seemed pretty popular. The names weren’t familiar to me: E. Redd., D. Schinhofen and others. There were reviews and comments to help people decide. There seemed to be something of a vicious flame war over whether Randi Darren or William D. Arand was the superior artist.”
― Aaron Jay, Gathering Strength

“You would be surprised how impossible it is to teach someone something when their self-regard depends on not learning it. If”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“My father told me there had been a country called Venezuela with the largest petrochemical reserves in the world. They decided to follow a socialist leader who promised them a better tomorrow built by taking from others, and soon enough ended up eating their pets and hoarding something called toilet paper. People were always willing to give ideas that had killed millions and impoverished even more another try. The appeal of making utopia on earth was always difficult to resist. Ends and means. If you can promise utopia, well, what means are off the table if the reward is heaven on earth?”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“even my trust issues had started developing trust issues.”
― Aaron Jay, Gathering Strength

“Good thinking, instincts. Let’s follow your plan because I got nothing.”
― Aaron Jay, Gathering Strength

“There seemed to be something of a vicious flame war over whether Randi Darren or William D. Arand was the superior artist.”
― Aaron Jay, Gathering Strength

“Agoraphobia was now a survival trait.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“I eyed the second specimen of a desert hare I came across as I made my way down the road. The vicious monster was nibbling on some desert sage with one ear cutely flopped across its face. It didn’t fool me for a second.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Because when people deny each other their freedoms no matter how noble their intentions, tyranny and brutality are the inevitable result no matter how enlightened the slavers think they are. The tyranny necessary to enforce such a society traps everyone in it. It falls because it turns on itself. If people are lucky it falls because people who see themselves as free cannot be ruled for long. But one way or another it will fall.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck