Nick Hodgson > Nick's Quotes

“Do fairies have tails? More than that, do fairies even exist? Nobody knows for sure. So this guild is like them, an eternal mystery, an eternal adventure.”
― Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail, Vol. 01

“All I need is the power to be able to protect my comrades. So long as I can have the strength to do that, I don't care if I'm weaker than everyone in the world.”
― Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail, Vol. 01

“The world doesn't need any more sadness than it's already got.”
― Hiro Mashima

“If it's to protect our family, be it the Kingdom or the entire world... We would make anyone our enemy! That's what it means to be Fairy Tail!!”
― Hiro Mashima

“Fear is not evil. It tells you what your weakness is.”
― Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail 63

“You must live strong and give your all, even when making mistakes!!!! You must never treat your life as worthy of anything less than the greatest respect!!!! And during every moment of your entire life, you must never forget those friends that you love!!!!”
― Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail #13

“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

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina

“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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

“Are you saying your world’s better than mine?” Jason asked. “We have magic,” Gary said. “We have internet porn,” Jason said.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Yes,” Jason said, “I’m not very smart and simple formalities are super-hard to figure out. It’s definitely not that I find them to be a set of arbitrary behavioural norms that serve as a tool of exclusionary tribalism and that eschewing the rituals of cultural performance facilitates the fostering of new relationships by having both sides step out of their preconceived societal modes.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Are you a child?” Ernest asked. “Mate, we’re about to go flying across the desert in giant magic toboggans. If that doesn’t eke out any childlike wonder, then you might want to check your soul’s still in there.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Don’t muddy the waters unless muddy water is useful to you.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“You already know the question.” “Yet you must ask it. Only then will the responsibility for hearing the answer be yours.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Do you have aristocracy in your world?” “Sure,” Jason said. “We’re slowly phasing it out in favour of wealth-based oligarchy, but it’s still around.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“You’re quite the spirited dancer,” Gabrielle told Jason as they walked leisurely around the dance floor. “You never did tell me the name.” “It’s called the tango,” Jason said. “Is it well known, in your world?” “It’s probably the most famous dance there is. It was my older sister who taught me to dance. I wasn’t very interested until my father gave me some sage advice. He told me that if I wanted to be successful in love, I needed to learn three things. How to dance, how to cook, and how to keep my damn mouth shut.” “How did that work out?” “Well,” Jason said, “I can dance and I can cook.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Did you check for an index?” Gary asked. Farrah’s eyes landed on Gary like attack dogs. “I guess there’s no time for research,” Gary said, heading for the stairs. “Let’s go,” Rufus said, following after Gary. Farrah watched them vanish down the steep staircase, then turned to the back of the book. Jason narrowed his eyes as he watched her. “Are you checking for an index?”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Anisa gave Jason an unhappy glare. “You,” she said, making it sound like a swear word, “may address me as Priestess.” Jason didn’t care for being talked to like he was something scraped off the bottom of a boot. “Well you,” he said with an insolent grin, “may address me as Rakishly Handsome Jason.” “Excuse me?” Anisa said, barely believing what she just heard. “You’re excused,” Jason said pompously, as he looked away. “Just don’t let it happen again.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Oh yeah, I found religion, which is kind of a big deal. I didn’t join, but I found it.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Don’t worry about him, Mose,” Humphrey said. “Just remember that if you’re talking to Jason and you get confused, he’s probably up to something. If you’re talking to Jason and you’re not confused, then he’s definitely up to something.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“I WENT TO A MAGICAL ALTERNATE UNIVERSE AND ALL I GOT WAS VAST COSMIC POWER.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Does it make you feel better to disrespect things others find meaningful?”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“You’re still causing trouble,” the woman said to Jason. “First my son, now my daughter? They may have been worthless, but weren’t for the likes of you to kill.” “Not a lot of pictures up on your fridge, I’m guessing.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“than where I grew up, so I look different from most of the people I know. People in my own country look at me like I’m a foreigner. Even the people who do look like me call me a banana.” “A banana?” Farrah asked. “Yellow on the outside, white on the inside,”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Then, figure out how to stay out of my sight, because if I ever see you again, I might just slap you so hard it changes your religion”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“Are you seriously mouthing off right now?” Dink asked. “How smart will that mouth be with no teeth in it?” “I’m not sure you know how being smart works,” Jason said. “Or teeth.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“When you’re just a face in the crowd, then you can hold an ideal without being required to live up to it.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters

“We can do it out here?” Sophie asked, looking uncertainly at the village around them. “Clive can,” Jason said. “He’s more flexible than most, so he can do it just about anywhere you have a flat space.” “It might seem unusual for the two of you to just up and do it in the middle of a village square,” Humphrey said, “but it’s something the villagers will be eager to see.” “It won’t take long,” Jason said. “Clive can just slip it into you out here and we can head off.” “He’s right; it won’t take long,” Clive assured her. “Even in less comfortable conditions, I’m very quick to finish.” “Alright,” Sophie said. “It’s not like it’s my first time.” “You heard the lady, Clive,” Jason said. “Whip it out.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 2

“Do you know what the opposite of good is, Itsuki?” “Evil would be the obvious answer, but that’s not the answer you’re looking for.” “You’re right. The opposite of good is easy. That may have been the moral of the last Harry Potter book, now that I think about it. Anyway, people don’t do bad things because there is some antagonistic force driving them to sin. They do them because when the right thing is hard, making little compromises doesn’t seem so bad. A shortcut here, a little selfishness when no one will ever know. Every step makes the next one a little easier.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 5