Harry Connolly > Quotes

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― Harry Connolly, The Way Into Chaos

“Every time he was called out, no matter the hour or the condition of the patient, he was there to answer the same implicit question: Should we spend coin at a hospital for this? Whether it was fever, injured leg, vomiting child, or anything, really, they just wanted to know if he could fix it without having to turn their life savings over to the medical bureaucracy.”
― Harry Connolly, One Man

“There are many dragons in the world. They help us maintain our sense of wonder, mystery, and most important of all, our humility. Without dragons, human beings lose control of themselves. They grow wild, proud, and violent, and the most terrible things begin to seem logical and necessary.”
― Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark

“Without his armor, Tyr Tejohn Treygar thought he must have looked like a man disgraced. It was ridiculous, of course; by Festival custom and royal decree, everyone went without armor today, even the guards at the gates.”
― Harry Connolly, The Way Into Chaos

“the cook’s art is wasted if it is not consumed. Eating is not destruction; it is culmination.”
― Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark

“The look Evelyn gave to Marley was remarkably similar to her cat’s: the casual disinterest of a predator with a full belly.”
― Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark

“Hard work is what magic aspires to be,” she answered, her hand resting on the pickup’s open driver door. “Hard work is the strongest magic there is.”
― Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark

“Haven’t you seen the movies? It’s the criminal masterminds who get rail transit in their hideouts. The good guys have to hoof it.” ”
― Harry Connolly, A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark