Son of a Liche Quotes

“There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel. That is why you must carry a torch.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In the same vein, desperation is the father of compromise, panic is the sister of slapdash improvisation, and despair is the second cousin of quiet apathy. By that reckoning, dinner was a dismal family reunion.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Truly, nothing is better than to crush your competition, to drive down their profit margins, to hear the lamentations of their sales representatives.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“A weak mind is a malleable one. Once it is convinced it has been lied to, it begins to lie to itself. Once persuaded that it is hated, it becomes hateful. Once made to fear violence, it becomes violent.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“How many times has the world ended before? Perhaps we are just toiling among its ashes.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“The exact ratio of irony to matter in the universe is known as Nove’s Constant, and by definition it’s more than you’d expect.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“There was a point of equilibrium in any organization’s middle management, a fulcrum of responsibility that remained still while the upper and lower ranks of the bureaucracy moved around it. Tyren knew from experience that a shrewd official could find this pivot-point within the org chart and, once entrenched, enjoy near-complete autonomy with almost no responsibility.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“over the ages the two great factions of mages had refined their philosophical differences into the purest contrarianism. Solamancers and noctomancers went to great lengths to be on the opposite sides of every debate, be it political, social, religious, or inane. Even amid such cultivated animosity, however, there were still forces that could push the two orders of mages to the brink of cooperation. One common example was real estate prices.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“history is nothing but the collected lies society tells itself.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Oh? I never liked trickle-down economics. It implies there's a leak somewhere”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Jorruk once told a young Asherzu that a weak mind is a malleable one. Once it is convinced it has been lied to, it begins to lie to itself. Once persuaded that it is hated, it becomes hateful. Once made to fear violence, it becomes violent.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Nove’s Constant to show that the likelihood of an unfortunate event is directly proportional to the anticipation for whatever the misfortune would disrupt.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“their culture observed ethical standards in the way that merfolk observe hiking.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Got to stay on the yellow floor when we’re in a live test zone,” said Boomer. “Safety is our top priority! Or at least it’s in the top five.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“What’s this one?” asked Gorm, picking up the only tome not locked within a glass case. “That’s perhaps the most powerful book never written,” said Jynn. “It’s all blank.” Gorm flipped through the empty pages. “No, wait, there’s a line at the front.” Gorm read the small, neat script on the page aloud. Imbalanced. Too powerful. Breaks mechanics.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“What your plan lacks in specifics, it makes up for in absurdity.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“… a weak mind is a malleable one. Once it is convinced it has been lied to, it begins to lie to itself. Once persuaded that it is hated, it becomes hateful. Once made to fear violence, it becomes violent.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“For a moment, Poldo’s mind flashed back to when he was a young boy in his family workshop, when his father had sat him down and told him that if nothing else, he could take pride in being a good person. Since then, he’d discovered that being a good person was the last resort of self-esteem.

In the upper echelons of Andarun’s financial industry, people prided themselves on the name of the firm they worked for, the size of the deals they closed, the title on their business card, and anything else that could be quickly boiled down to a sum of gold. With so much to take pride in beyond integrity, many bankers put little stock in it.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“But as they say in Daellan, sometimes life is like a sewer flood: it stinks, but it only gets worse if you go against the current. And this party is headed upstream without a paddle.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“That's right! Zombie Bankers! Which is more terrifying: their eternal Hunger for the flesh of the living? Or their reckless fiscal iresponsibility?”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“sometimes life is like a sewer flood: it stinks, but it only gets worse if you go against the current. And this party is headed upstream without a paddle.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“An old friend once told me that there ain’t always a light at the end of the tunnel,” Gorm said. “That’s why ye gotta carry a torch.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In the same vein, desperation is the father of compromise, panic is the sister of slapdash improvisation, and despair is the second cousin of quiet apathy.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Panic is like a fire. It starts with a spark, and if it’s not snuffed out, it spreads quickly. Fear is driven by winds of gossip wherever nervous minds and an uncertain future provide fuel. Terror is as swift and damaging as any blaze.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“Failure is not an option, Your Majesty,” said Johan. “That’s not the same thing as success being guaranteed,”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“sometimes life is like a sewer flood: it stinks, but it only gets worse if you go against the current.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“necessity is the mother of invention. In the same vein, desperation is the father of compromise, panic is the sister of slapdash improvisation, and despair is the second cousin of quiet apathy.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

“said Gorm. “I’m to check it out in the back alley. If I’m not back in ten minutes, ye know what to do.” “Drink your ale,” said Laruna. “And order me a cold one.” Gorm headed for the back door.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche