Sharps Quotes

“He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave her, and all the evils of the world fly out, except Hope, which stays at the bottom; and she wondered what Hope was doing in there in the first place, in with all the bad things. Then the answer came to her, and she wondered how she could've been so stupid. Hope was in there because it was evil too, probably the worst of them all, so heavy with malice and pain that it couldn't drag itself out of the opened box.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“…if medical science is geography, then mankind as a species has a map with three towns marked on it and a lot of blank space with drawings of sea serpents.”
― K. J. Parker, Sharps

“He was astonished at how calm he found he was. Fear of death had always energised him, making him move far more quickly than his body should have been capable of, accelerating his reactions and his thought process to a quite incredible level. This time, though, he only thought, Oh, and realised that he didn't really care all that much. He could feel his responsibilities, the love of others towards him, the unfulfilled possibilities; they were like a child's hand trying to pull him up, doing its best but simply not strong enough for the job. Above all, there was no blame. I tried to climb a wall, but I couldn't, and there it is. ”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“I know she comes across as annoying to begin with,” he said. “But once you’ve got to know her a bit better, you’ll find it makes no difference whatsoever.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“Ah". Tzimisces smiled. "Let me guess. Flowery periphrases, back-to-back literary allusions and quotations from thousand-year-old authors. A marked reluctance to use one word when twelve can be jammed in if you sit on the lid.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“The idea is to make the space around you into a zone where nothing mortal can survive.”
― K. J. Parker, Sharps

“Here they fight with messers. God help them.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“Age is irrelevant where two people have deep, sincere feelings for each other.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“A wise man once said, there’s no problem that can’t be solved by a kind word,a five-figure payment or three inches of sharp metal.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

“Phrantzes considered for a moment, collecting his thoughts like a general rallying his surviving troops after a massacre.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps