Neil Sharpson > Neil's Quotes

“Yes, it would look like she was smuggling an ostrich with a tarp on it into a motel room, but this also looked like the type of establishment to not particularly judge for that sort of thing.”
― Lindsay Ellis, Axiom's End

“Power is a poison.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“She tried not to think in capital letters. It was a bad habit. If you weren’t careful, pretty soon you’d find yourself Going to the Store to Buy a Carton of Milk—or worse, speaking German.”
― Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

“Ancient sages have written: what you cannot break, you do not own.”
― Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

“Energy spent regretting a decision was best redirected toward addressing its consequences.”
― Max Gladstone, Empress of Forever

“The Progressive Caspian People’s Party. A footnote that dreamed it was a chapter.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“Nominally, the currency of the Caspian Republic was the moneta, but in truth the coin of the nation was fear. Whoever could inspire fear was rich, whoever lived in fear was poor.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“It's the kind of job that, a few months down the line, if things go badly, could end with you standing in a darkened room, in front of a row of men whose faces you cannot see, being asked questions to which there are no right answers.”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls

“No one is worse at keeping secrets than the secret services”
― Neil Sharpson, When the Sparrow Falls