“Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.”
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
― Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones
“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― The Fountainhead
“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
“"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.”
― Warbreaker
― Warbreaker
“There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.”
― The Wizard of Ooze
― The Wizard of Ooze
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