Adam > Adam's Quotes

“They say that time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother cannot keep you safe, that your tutor makes a mistake, that the wrong path must be taken because the grown-ups lack the strength to take the right one...each of those moments is the theft of your childhood, each of them a blow that kills some part of the child you were, leaving another part of the man exposed, a new creature, tougher but tempered with bitterness and disappointment.”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“Nature shaped the claw to trap, and the tooth to kill, but the thorn...the thorn's only purpose is to hurt.”
― Mark Lawrence, Emperor of Thorns

“The biggest lies we save for ourselves.”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“Hate will keep you alive where love fails”
― Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

“How beautiful. Nights like this make me want a bite to drink. Yes... I couldn't imagine a more... perfect evening.”
― Hellsing

“You're too loud, police girl. I don't care if you are a vampire. You're still English; have some manners.”
― Hellsing

“A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.”
― Mark Lawrence, Red Sister

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“Elayne could not help herself. Nynaeve wielding her tongue like a needle, Cerandin stubborn as two mules, and now this. She threw back her head and screamed with frustration.
When the sound died, it seemed as if the animals had quieted. Horse handlers stood about, staring at her. Coolly, she ignored them. Nothing could worm its way under her skin now. She was as calm as ice, perfectly in control of herself.
“Was that a cry for help,” Birgitte said, tilting her head, “or are you hungry? I suppose I could find a wet nurse in—”
Elayne strode away with a snarl that would have done any of the leopards proud.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?' Rand Whispered. 'The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm

“the bombs dropped by his ancestors hadn't just destroyed the Old World - they had created a new one and populated it with monsters.”
― Nicholas Sansbury

“Plans are what people make when Fate is sneaking up behind them,”
― Victor Gischler, Ink Mage

“Women," Mat declared as he rode Pips down the dusty, little-used road, "are like mules." He frowned. "Wait. No. Goats. Women are like goats. Except every flaming one thinks she's a horse instead, and a prize racing mare to boot. Do you understand me, Talmanes?"
"Pure poetry, Mat," Talmanes said, tamping the tabac down into his pipe.”
― Robert Jordan, The Gathering Storm

“Besides, it was beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“Prinn lived by one governing thought: Whenever life seems to be going surprisingly well, just wait ten seconds and everything will go back to shit like normal.”
― Victor Gischler, The Tattooed Duchess

“Fucking pinks!”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“It looks a good plan to me. As good as any till the arrows start flying.”
― Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams

“A mystery is so much more exciting than a wrapped up answer, wouldn’t you say? A mystery carries on but an answer just ends.”
― Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder

“Small courtesies were the lubricant of daily life.”
― Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams

“There's an old saying in the Two Rivers" Rand said dryly. "'The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to your purse.'" Another said, "The fox often offers to give the duck its pond.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“If you were able to point people to a real god, I suspect a lot of them would prefer their own creations – easier to control, less likely to make demands.”
― Jonathan Renshaw, Dawn of Wonder

“Battle is a hard business, sister. Soft training will make for soft soldiers, who will in turn become soft corpses.”
― Anthony Ryan, Blood Song

“Too bad a person couldn't pick whom they shared the apocalypse with.”
― Keith C. Blackmore, Well Fed

“You think your muscles hurt? Try a blade in the belly.”
― Victor Gischler, Ink Mage

“Brasley still drank too much and liked his women, but at least he paced himself now, walking the path to self-destruction instead of sprinting down it at full speed.”
― Victor Gischler, The Tattooed Duchess

“Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“My people do, I do not. Gods are a myth, a comforting story for children.” “Such”
― Anthony Ryan, Blood Song