R.J. Triveri > R.J.'s Quotes

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
― Douglas Adams

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Stupid people are dangerous.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
― J.K. Rowling

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I find that stubbornness often beats intelligence eventually. Stubbornness will beat anything eventually. That’s the whole point of stubbornness.”
― Scott Meyer, Spell or High Water

“The edge of her voice would have flayed his skin if it wasn’t for the metal that flowed across it. She leaned in closer, using her hands to help him hold his head up to look her square in the eyes. “You should have killed me, but, then again, I’m harmless, aren’t I?”
― R.J. Triveri, Login Accepted

“The leaves in her hair seemed to twitch in time with her ears as memories collected. “Let’s just say that not everyone has your best interests at heart, Athos.”

“Not the worst advice I’ve ever gotten.” Right up there with don’t piss off someone holding a knife. That was not one of my best moments.”
― R.J. Triveri, Login Accepted

“Time seemed to stop as the wild vitals froze their unchecked havoc. The noise began again with a long, droning whine as his consciousness left the physical plane, and his heart pumped its final beat in his chest. As she sat alone on the bed in a world no other human could see, Ferris made a final record of Athos’s last thoughts and looked one last time at his broken form as it lay silent in the white sheets.

“Login complete. Welcome to Incipere, Athos Aramis, and may Unum guide you in your next life.”
― R.J. Triveri, Login Accepted

“Her ears perked under the hair that flowed over the sides of her head at that one. She’d never heard of an interrupter or even seen it mentioned on the SIFS Wiki. If it fit her style, maybe she would reconsider the giant-sword-smashing-things approach. “What’s an interrupter?”

"Oh, that’s easy," Gama continued as its voice dropped a decibel as the words began to appear on the wall as it spoke. "Interrupter – An interrupter is a mage class and embodies someone that doesn’t let me finish talking and keeps me from doing my Unum-given job!" Next to the description, a mirror coalesced into being and reflected the woman’s nudity back at her. "See? It fits you perfectly, River.”
― R.J. Triveri, Login Re:Coded