Adriano Aldera > Adriano's Quotes

“Everything in life is just for a while.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“First in , Last out.


Motto of the bridgeburners”
― Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice

“Emigrate or Degenerate.”
― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

“I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

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

“A woman of many talents. And intelligent, too. He'd probably have to kill her soon.”
― Robin Hobb

“He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when the truth he saw was so terrible.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“They say you can see all the beauty in the world in the way a hanged man swings.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“I ain't grouchy,” Teft snapped. “I just have a low threshold for stupidity.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

“Sharpening your knife is never a waste of time.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“He lives day-to-day now, just as we do, fumbling forward down the path to the future.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“All men value their own secrets far above those of others.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“Children are dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“The lesson of history is that no one learns.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“Ah, Fist, it’s the curse of history that those who should read them, never do.”
― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

“Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“They spoke of a dream of a child who bore the heart of a wolf.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Fate

“People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“If I had known it was harmless I would have killed it myself.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“But the actual touch of her lingered, inside his heart. That remained. In all the years of his life ahead, the long years without her, with never seeing her or hearing from her or knowing anything about her, if she was alive or happy or dead or what, that touch stayed locked within him, sealed in himself, and never went away. That one touch of her hand.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly

“Life being what is is, one dreams of revenge.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“I’d rather walk these chasms with a compulsive murderer than you. At least then, when the conversation got tedious, I’d have an easy way out.”
“And your feet stink,” [Shallan] said. “See? Too early. I can’t possibly be witty at this hour. So no arguments.” She hesitated, then continued more softly. “Besides, no murderer would agree to accompany you. Everyone needs to have some standards, after all.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

“The sound of his name on her tongue is even more intoxicating than he had imagined, and he leans in to taste it.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus