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  • #1
    Jim  Butcher
    “Are you always a smartass?'

    Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
    Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

  • #2
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”
    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • #3
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

  • #4
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

  • #5
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

  • #6
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

  • #7
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

  • #8
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #9
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
    "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #10
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #11
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Never laugh at live dragons.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • #12
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien

  • #13
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #14
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “The Road goes ever on and on
    Down from the door where it began.
    Now far ahead the Road has gone,
    And I must follow, if I can,
    Pursuing it with eager feet,
    Until it joins some larger way
    Where many paths and errands meet.
    And whither then? I cannot say”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  • #15
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

  • #16
    Kevin Hearne
    “Now go and stake some vamps. Especially the sparkly emo ones.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #17
    Kevin Hearne
    “Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hounded

  • #18
    Kevin Hearne
    “That's right, there's free beer in Irish paradise. Everyone's jealous.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #19
    Kevin Hearne
    “I think this man might actually possess supernatural powers. He makes people lose their minds and I’m sure some of them do lose bladder control as well."

    "I see. And who is this author"

    "Neil Fucking Gaiman."

    "His second name is Fucking?"

    "No Leif that’s the honorary second name all celebrities are given by their fans. It’s not an insult it’s a huge compliment and he’s earned it.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #20
    Kevin Hearne
    “Whoa. He had ghouls on speed dial. My lawyer kicks so much ass.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hounded

  • #21
    Kevin Hearne
    “Ye know what me Sean used to say, God rest his soul? He said, 'A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hounded

  • #22
    Kevin Hearne
    “My neighbor raised a shaking index finger to point at the saguaro. "That moving cactus...and the big bug...and you, you spooky bastard. What are you?

    I stuffed my hands in my pockets and grinned winningly at him. "Why, I'm the Antichrist, of course.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hexed
    tags: humor

  • #23
    Kevin Hearne
    “Wooo!’ he said, slamming his shot glass down and coughing a bit. ‘That’s good stuff.’
    I agreed heartily. ‘Shall we do another one?’ I asked.
    ‘Oh no,’ Jesus said quietly, his eyes growing round. ‘This is one of those situations where I have to stop and ask myself, what would I do?”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #24
    Kevin Hearne
    “What sealed the deal for me was that the cloak wouldn't come off without a generous donation of my tears. Those used to be almost impossible for me to summon, I admit, until I watched Field of Dreams. When Kevin Costner asks his dad at the end if he'd like to have a catch, I just completely lose my shit.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hounded

  • #25
    Kevin Hearne
    “I didn't respond, because naked people never win arguments.”
    Kevin Hearne, Clan Rathskeller

  • #26
    Kevin Hearne
    “Wisdom eludes me yet, but foolishness I captured long ago and to this day it is my constant companion, though many people consider me wise.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #27
    Kevin Hearne
    “Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!” I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. “What?” I asked.
    Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, “If you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.”
    “And I’ll pull out your goatee,” Gunnar added.
    “Lolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,” I explained to them. “U doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hammered

  • #28
    Kevin Hearne
    “I had privately changed 'This, too, shall pass' into 'You, too, shall die'.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hounded

  • #29
    Kevin Hearne
    “Brighid’s eyes flashed with a blue flame, and I wondered if she had learned to do that just so she could compete with the Morrigan’s red flashes. Maybe I should try to figure out how to make my eyes flash green so I could freak out the baristas at Starbucks. “No, you foolish mortal,” I’d say as my eyes glowed, “I ordered a nonfat latte.”
    Kevin Hearne, Hexed
    tags: humor

  • #30
    Jim  Butcher
    “When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”
    Jim Butcher



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