Perilous Waif Quotes

“Freedom is messy, and often dangerous. But the only alternative is tyranny.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“You see? People don’t go to such extremes out of moral revulsion, Alice. That was fear.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“world full of pacifists,” Dika replied. “But I want to meet a boy someday. Something about that just feels really right, you know? Just, pick one out of the herd, and lure him into chasing me, and… well, I’m not sure about the rest. But I wish there was someone to practice on.” Ah, now I was getting the picture. I grinned. That did sound kind of fun, actually. “And you say you don’t have a hunting instinct. Maybe you’re just built for catching a different kind of prey?” “Shut up!”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“I once heard philosophy defined as ‘the study of things that no one understands.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“To bring low an enemy who values freedom but not the tools of its preservation, by such means as may strike at any point without warning or restraint.” “That one sounds like Mu Zhang. Meaning?” I had to think for a moment. “Meaning… a society that tries to be open and unarmed at the same time is stupidly vulnerable to infiltration weapons.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“Anything with an IQ above two hundred is a ticking time bomb, kid.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“If you need to resort to heroics, you’re doing it wrong.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“Feelings are what make people do most everything they do, when you get to the bottom of things.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“you would do well to remember that history is written by the victor. War is filled with atrocities, and the more competitive pressure the great powers feel the more savage their behavior.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“If you can fight, you can dance. We’ll teach you. But first, we need to fab you a gun. What do you think, laser or mass driver? I bet you’re a mass driver kind of girl. Something nice and beefy,”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“A cute little thing like you can’t go wandering around unarmed, and sticking with hidden weapons is practically entrapment. You need to advertise that you’re not a victim, or you’ll never get through a night of clubbing without a fight.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif

“But we’re going to have to do something about that naïveté. Really, falling for a modified Nigerian email scam? That’s such a classic I thought everyone knew it.”
― E. William Brown, Perilous Waif