He Who Fights with Monsters 10 Quotes

“for a person with no forgiveness in their heart, living is a worse punishment than death.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“There was a knock at the door and Neil opened it. On the other side was a priestess in the full robes of the Church of Fertility, with a cluster of young female acolytes behind her. “Sorry,” she said. “My god told me that Jason Asano was in here.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“At least your friends didn’t all sleep with your imaginary wife,”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“It sounded exactly like when you hit a very fat man with a very large fish.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“They are also aggressively lacking in scruples regarding how their agenda is met.” “Which usually means they’d be happy to feed puppies into a woodchipper,” Jason said. “Can I assume that a woodchipper is a device for turning large pieces of wood into very small pieces of wood?” Allayeth asked. “You can.” “And I assume that placing small, adorable animals into such a device would remove a considerable amount of their innocent charm.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“Well, there’s this book with all the rules in it, but it seemed a bit sketchy to me. Mum used to make me read it, but then I’d ask questions until she hit me with a spoon.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“The greatest martial arts trainer my world ever produced was asked by one of his students why he showed mercy to an enemy. He said that for a person with no forgiveness in their heart, living is a worse punishment than death.” “Mercy is leaving the roots of trouble to grow back stronger.” “Mercy can seem like foolishness, and perhaps it is. But it’s also the hope for tomorrow. Ruthlessness will never turn an enemy into a friend. It leaves only barren ground, in the world and in your soul. I’ve seen that in a half-dozen years of having power, so you must have seen it over and over.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“There are other political factions, of course, but my experience has been that most places have only two main groups with any real influence. One is a conservative faction, usually led by aristocrats and others with wealth and power whose interests begin and end with maintaining the advantages they’ve built up over generations. The other group is also usually made up of aristocrats and people with power and money. This group believes in making changes and doing what’s right. They also believe that they are the only ones who know what’s right, so they make sure the changes are all either made by them or by those they control. Also, what’s right never seems to involve them giving up any of their money and power, oddly enough.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“What is that thing?” he asked, peering at the device Clive was fiddling with. “It looks like a backwards steampunk telescope with kaleidoscopic lenses.” “Is that a research device from your world?” Clive asked. “No, it’s what happens when a cosplayer eats too much sugar. Have you found anything?”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“There’s a saying on my world about people who fight with monsters and the dangers of becoming monsters themselves.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“Jason watched proceedings from the air, sitting in his cloud chair. He sighed. “A lot of people are going to poop in my soul.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“What you just described is never going to happen.” “I know,” Jason said. “There are so many ways that would go wrong.” “Yes,” Jason agreed. “Then why?” “Because why not try to make things better, even if it seems impossible?”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“That’s a flesh pit. Or a blood-flesh soup. I’m not sure if that sounds better or worse.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“You’re a bit covered in thorn marks there, Clive,” Jason pointed out. “It looks like an extremely aggressive form of chicken pox. The little dots are bleeding a bit.” Clive was sitting on the grass, using Onslow’s shell as a backrest as he glared at Jason. “Jason, this is your soul,” Clive said. “It is,” Jason agreed. “Then maybe you should avoid having your soul drag me into thorn bushes that try to eat me.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“Faith is the bane of intellect.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“They use that power and influence to co-opt their tenants and workers into certain ideologies. Playing on simplistic ideals and commonly held prejudices, they’ve built a power base of loud and angry people who rabidly support their policies. The very policies that keep them poor and ignorant.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10

“etiquette exists for a reason.”
― Shirtaloon, He Who Fights with Monsters 10