No Country for Old Gnomes Quotes

“Respect the umlaut.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes

“It is the rare leader who actively tries to improve the lives of his most vulnerable people. The usual condition of monarchs is to take bribes, reign over a slow tumble into chaos, and deflect blame.” —ARNO TUUTTI, in The Unexpected Insouciance of Anarcho-Syndicalism”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes

“In the moment you meet your mortal enemy, there is no speech you can make that will be more powerful than simply breathing after they have ceased to do so.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes

“When he glanced back at his twin, he saw that Offi's general woe-is-me-for-I-am-a-tortured-soul-and-I-walk-the-world-alone face had been replaced by a brand-new by-dinkus-this-is-worrisome face.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes

“And, uh . . . to whom do you pray?'

'We worship the perfect cohesion of space and time and nonlinear probabilities represented by cabbage.'

'Wow, that's . . . yeah.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes

“Looking off to the horizon, properly and heroically squinting, Onni added, 'Get your washtub ready, brother. It will be a bloody business when the gnome empire strikes back.'

'Whoa,' Offi said, with feeling. 'You totally just gave me chills.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, No Country for Old Gnomes