Brendan

“Nove’s fourth principle of universal irony proved, by way of substitution, that planning increases the possibility of an unforeseen outcome.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Dragonfired

“How can ye save the world when the world seems like the problem?” Gorm asked. “How do ye solve a problem when the only visible solution is the same problem again?”
― J. Zachary Pike, Dragonfired

“But as they say in Daellan, sometimes life is like a sewer flood: it stinks, but it only gets worse if you go against the current. And this party is headed upstream without a paddle.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“It was always the same story, she thought tiredly. Just small, angry men, clinging to fading power. They feared living without privilege because they’d abused it against others, and were now terrified of suffering the same cruelty they’d routinely dealt out.”
― Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters