He Who Fights with Monsters 4 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #4)

by Shirtaloon

“The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.”

“It’s a DVD box set, Uncle Jason. It might as well be chiselled on stone tablets.”

“Tell the truth as much as you can, and if you have to lie, make it obvious. That makes it easier to slip the important lies past people.”

“Emi,” Erika said. “What did I tell you about swearing?” “That it’s an arbitrary assignment of negative value to words with no inherent negative value based on outmoded moral strictures,” Emi groaned.

“I’m a man’s man,” Jason said. “The only thing I fear is a frank discussion about my feelings.”

“A brick cannot hold back a flood, but a wall can. But I would advise against trying to see through the actions of beings whose scope and age may not even have limits, be that into the future or into the past. Except for the Builder.”

You get all our ugly urges without the higher ideals that keep us from savaging each other like animals. Or capitalists.”

“I know it’s not what you wanted to hear,” Gladys said. “You want to be active and do something for your friend. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is step back and not make things worse.”

“I know that you were the one that pushed to get my chance at freeing Farrah. You never have to thank me for anything again. Ask and I’ll be there.” “An infinite supply of favours?” Asya asked. “Friends don’t count favours,” Jason said. “They just show up.” “Is that what we are?” “Don’t look down on friendship,” Jason said. “It’s the foundation of every positive relationship. I love my dad, I love my sister and my niece. While I love my mum and my brother too, even after everything, it isn’t the same with them. They’ll always be family, but the friendship isn’t there. Some family you want to see every day, and some you only see at Christmas. That extends to every relationship, from lovers to co-workers to people you escaped a cannibal cult with.”

“Friendship,” Jason continued, “is having people to share the best and the worst days of your life with. Friendship is knowing there will be someone you can rely on, no matter what. Friendship can let you travel back in time.”