Aaron > Aaron's Quotes

“Huh" Wayne said thoughtfully "Tea's poisoned."
With that, he toppled to the ground.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“Your death comes.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Half the World

“I keep warning you. Doors and corners, kid. That's where they get you. Humans are too fucking stupid to listen.”
― James S.A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate

“There was a button," Holden said. "I pushed it."
"Jesus Christ. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?”
― James S.A. Corey, Nemesis Games

“Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.”
― James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes

“Don’t trust any man who surrounds himself with beautiful women. Least of all a priest.”
― Brian McClellan, Promise of Blood

“Doctor, what could you prescribe for Charlemund?”
The doctor looked down his nose at the unconscious form of the arch-diocel.
“Arsenic?”
“Now, really. Something to give him a quality headache and a great deal of memory loss.”
“Cyanide.”
― Brian McClellan, Promise of Blood

“Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.”
― Oliver Bowden, Renaissance

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”
― Robert Jordan

“I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“Human art, Mahnmut knew, simply transcended human beings.”
― Dan Simmons, Ilium

“There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.”
― Kevin J. Anderson

“Ice is for death and endings.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“Remember, the past need not become our future as well.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired. I have this on rather good authority from someone who once read it in a book.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“It was defiance born of a lack of any hope.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Empire in Black and Gold

“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house.
"Just a small one," said Nightingale.
"So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?"
"A wizard."
"Like Harry Potter?"
Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter."
"In what way?"
"I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“NO MATING.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“He quivered on the ground his face pressed to the stone and didn’t rise.
“Did you… did you just stick yourself to the ground?” Kaladin asked.
“Just part of the plan, gon!’ Lopen called back. “If I am to become a delicate cloud upon the sky I must first convince the ground that I am not abandoning her. Like a worried lover, sure, she must be comforted and reassured that I will return following my dramatic and regal ascent to the sky. . . . Nearby, Lopen talked to the ground, against which he was still pressed. “Don’t worry dear one. The Lopen is vast enough to be possessed by many, many forces both terrestrial and celestial! I must soar to the air, for if I were to remain only on the ground, surely my growing magnitude would cause the land to crack and break”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“You want to change the world, Shallan. That’s well and good. But be careful. The world predates you. She has seniority.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic

“...All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?"

"Yeah," said Rincewind. "...Luters, I expect.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic

“The Luggage said nothing, but louder this time.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic