David Rich > David's Quotes

“When you refuse the devil, you always think you’ll get another chance, another offer. A final refusal feels like a penalty of a different kind.”
― David Rich

“Dread spilled over the Englishman, dread of a world in which he could not die, a world without fear, a meaningless world. Fear permeated all that he knew to be good in life: love, danger, adventure. That was the secret he carried with him and that carried him along. But why venture without fear? You can lie down in the desert and face the beast or the vulture or the villain and mock his weapons and his desires, but to what end? Without fear, what matter if they bite or peck or stab you?”
― David Rich

“There are many gods. There is one god. There is no god. Gods are merciful. Gods are cruel. Gods are indifferent. Their indifference is merciful. Their indifference is cruel. Their indifference is absolute.”
― David Rich

“But neither disdain nor the trappings of woe could injure her beauty, as she had done all she could to enhance it for this special occasion.”
― David Rich