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“Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it.”
― Sourcery
― Sourcery
“They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to.
This book is dedicated to those fine men.”
― Guards! Guards!
This book is dedicated to those fine men.”
― Guards! Guards!
“It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes.
This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
“That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
Steven’s 2025 Year in Books
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