Bitterwood Quotes

“Also, I sort of had a relationship going with the head of security. Talk about messy break-ups. The last time I saw him, he tried to shoot me in the head.” “He?” said Sue. “Come on, Sue,” said Pure. “You’re an old hippie. You can’t be that shocked that I’m gay.” “But,” said Sue, “You’re a Republican.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“those with the most passionate convictions can justify the most savage cruelties.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“Life was merely a momentary act of resistance, while death was the ultimate champion. Ah,”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“When people are rich enough, they can afford to live disconnected from nature. What does it matter if the atmosphere is fouled when you live cradle to grave in sealed vehicles and buildings where the air is finely controlled? Sure, there were millions of people who cared and tried to save things. But there were billions more who carried on their happy lives as planetary parasites, shopping and gorging with endless appetites, forever plugged into an endless stream of distracting entertainments that allowed them to ignore the greater truth around them.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“I’m not saying it’s wrong to kill, if you’ve got a good reason: Self-defense, financial gain, political advantage, or even just to stay in practice. Killing for a rational purpose is fine. Killing because you think it will make an invisible man in the sky treat you kindly when you’re dead is deranged.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“Don’t you see the act of capturing and punishing another being is an act of force? It’s impossible to enforce laws without violence. Some authority always wields the power to arrest, to imprison, and to execute. The sole purpose of law is to provide a moral gloss for the use of violence to bend others to the will of a higher authority.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“Holy’ is a word used to conceal a great deal of nonsense,” Blasphet”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“You’re the most infuriating woman I’ve ever met! Women normally fall all over themselves to see me smile at them. You’re talking to me like I’m common trash.” “Oh, I think you’re very uncommon trash. Now why don’t you just run along and find one of those women who like you so much? I need to figure out how to save Vendevorex.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“I’d like a larger demonstration. I’d also like no further damage to my floor. Follow me.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection

“Laws exist only for the benefit of the strong; they unfailingly justify the oppression of the weak.”
― James Maxey, Bitterwood: The Complete Collection