Patrick > Patrick's Quotes

“You are also a risk-taker. A daredevil. I’ve read all about it. Women are attracted to your type, because they feel protected—but then when they become involved, they don’t like it anymore. They are upset by the very traits that drew them in the first place. Strange, isn’t it?” “Sounds”
― B.V. Larson, Conquest

“You never knew what a woman might detect in your face. They were like bloodhounds on a scent-trail when it came to reading expressions. I, on the other hand, barely knew what they were thinking until they started crying or something.”
― B.V. Larson, Blood World

“Who’s worse? The devil who abuses you honestly, or the one who convinces you he’s your best friend first?”
― B.V. Larson, Alpha Fleet

“I’d move heaven and Earth to bring her back to me and hold her in my arms and kiss her once again. To have her lie beside me in my bed and wake up next to me in the morning…”
― B.V. Larson, Exile

“There’s an old saying on Earth to the effect that in a kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
― B.V. Larson, Battle Cruiser

“The smartest and best know they can do the job better than everyone else, so they micromanage everything. They spread themselves too thin and fail where a lesser man might have succeeded.”
― B.V. Larson, Empire

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
― B.V. Larson, Annihilation

“I can’t prove I didn’t do something. That’s why unfounded accusations are so devastating.”
― B.V. Larson, Exile

“They’d taken a hard look under my hood, and they’d promptly slammed it back down again, shuddering.”
― B.V. Larson, Home World

“Perform all your questionable deeds at midnight, McGill. Do them all at once, as fast as you can.”
― B.V. Larson, Death World

“If free people can’t defend themselves without lies, they don’t deserve their freedom.”
― B.V. Larson, Hive War

“Well, conmen are like that. A huckster is often a sucker for another huckster. I think they’re people who get swept up in the moment. People who can convince themselves their crap is reality are very persuasive. They’re also more likely to be swayed by the persuasiveness of another. They’re people who get excited about things, and when they meet another of their own kind they like it.”
― B.V. Larson, Machine World

“One of the worst ways to die was being shot from a distance, without any way to defend yourself.”
― B.V. Larson, Machine World

“Morale and discipline are much easier to maintain when people have almost supernatural faith in you.”
― B.V. Larson, Storm Assault

“When it came to women, I supposed one must take the good with the bad.”
― B.V. Larson, The Dead Sun

“Like many women who are attracted to brave, dangerous guys, she’d finally landed one. The trouble was, the moment she had me, she wanted to change the very behavior that made her want to mate with me in the first place.”
― B.V. Larson, The Dead Sun

“McGill,” Leeson said in a lowered tone. “I’m asking for your expert advice, here. How do I disobey a direct order from my superior and get away with it?”
― B.V. Larson, Death World

“He was as slippery as a snake oil salad.”
― B.V. Larson, Blood World

“But a man like me knows the first rule of being a liar. The insurmountable, overriding truth about all lies: Once you’d aired them, you were stuck with them. You had to back them up and never, never admit you were full of grade-A bullshit.”
― B.V. Larson, Home World

“We thought it would be better this time, but it was just a newer version of the same old thing.”
― B.V. Larson, Black Phoenix