A Fool There Was Quotes

“Life ain’t about learning a lesson, it’s about winning.” She stood back and stared at me. “And how does one win life?” “By not losing.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“The cops had torn the lab apart. Apparently, they had been looking for something. Maybe a clue as to why Gordy had been killed. Or maybe not. Maybe they just tore the place apart because they had an excuse. I’ve seen them do that sort of thing before.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“If there’s one thing a goblin hates more than being poor, it’s being dead.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“I finally made my escape between the legs of a massive hobgoblin who didn’t even have a clue I was there. I snaked out from under him and jumped to my feet. I glanced back and saw his fists rising and falling repeatedly, hammering up and down just as fast as he could swing. I couldn’t help noticing that he was doing a better job of beating on the other cops than he was of hitting the mobsters. He didn’t care. He was just glad for the chance to punch someone.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“She was a looker with a body worth writing home about, but I was tired and didn’t know how to type.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“Hobgoblins are a hybrid species that can’t produce females. Only males. No matter who they mate with, the offspring is always a male hobgoblin, and it’s always a pureblood.” “How’s that that possible?” I said. “Genetics don’t work like that.” She rolled her eyes again. “I thought you were smarter than that, Sam. We’re talking about the fae. Since when the do the principles of human science apply to fairy creatures?”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“a teenage female troll took our order. She wasn’t much to look at, but her personality was lousy.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“And when he was beating on you, you thought he loved you then?” She straightened her shoulders. “I took it,” she said proudly. “I took it like a woman.” “A woman or a punching bag?”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“She frowned, and her eyebrows formed perfect curling lines across her brow that damn near melted my cold goblin heart. Why women? Why must I have this weakness?”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“Honey’s long red dress was gone now. The classy lounge singer part of her act was over. She had stripped down to a bikini top and g-string and she was doing a dance that almost made me forget who I was and why I was there.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“Why is it that all the dumb saps in the world wanna be a hero? Sometimes it seems like every hero is a buffoon and every bad guy is an evil genius. I suppose that’s because it takes a genius to know where the real money is, and that it usually involves some sort of crime. I shouldn’t complain that all the good guys are imbeciles. It just makes my job that much easier.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“I sent the cart full of reams of paper, files, and envelopes rolling straight towards the exit. Nobody even seemed to notice. It’s not like a cart rolling around by itself is much of novelty in a mall full of fairies, elves, brownies, and dwarves.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“The last thing I wanted to do was split the guy’s skull open right there in front of the lady. Not that I was worried about frightening her; I just knew that the first thing she’d do would be to call security. In order to avoid that, I’d have to drag her along with me, which the cops tend to frown on. They always give it bad sounding names like “kidnapping,” or “wrongful imprisonment.” Drama, drama.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was

“They’re built like professional wrestlers, they have nasty dispositions, and they’re not too smart, which makes them perfect for security and police jobs. They can be told what to do with no worries that they’ll try thinking for themselves.”
― Jamie Sedgwick, A Fool There Was