Bill > Bill's Quotes

“Now let's move on to the subject of how a real man treats his wife. A real man doesn't slap even a ten-dollar hooker around, if he's got any self respect, much less hurt his own woman. Much less ten times over the mother of his kids. A real man busts his ass to feed his family, fights for them if he has to, dies for them if he has to. And he treats his wife with respect every day of his life, treats her like a queen - the queen of the home she makes for their children.”
― S.M. Stirling, Dies the Fire

“There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.”
― S. M. Stirling

“Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?”
― S.M. Stirling, A Meeting at Corvallis

“Manure grew the fodder for the cow that made that ice cream and fertilized the beets that gave us the sugar, my girl," Juniper said sternly. "Earth must be fed or we all go hungry.”
― S.M. Stirling, The Protector's War

“Grief is the tribute we pay the dead," she said, matter-of-fact sympathy in her voice. "But they don't ask more than we can afford to give. They've never really gone from us, you know, those we love; they're part of our story, and we of theirs.”
― S.M. Stirling, The Protector's War

“I call it "Higher Power" not to exclude any cultures/religions, as I feel everyone is pointing in the same direction, with different names, from different perspectives.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“Where all was free, is free no more.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“I was there and I thought my faith was strong. Authoritarianism is lack of faith = Lack of faith is authoritarianism.”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“The Creator lives all joy and pain.”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“In my time, love often followed trends, yet greater love grows through it all.”
― Matthew Edward Hall, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine