Beginner's Luck Quotes

“when people deny each other their freedoms no matter how noble their intentions, tyranny and brutality are the inevitable result no matter how enlightened the slavers think they are. The tyranny necessary to enforce such a society traps everyone in it. It falls because it turns on itself. If people are lucky it falls because people who see themselves as free cannot be ruled for long. But one way or another it will fall.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“We thought we were gods but forgot that God himself made sure to give people free will.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Fuck. You never want to know the name of a mob. If it has a name it is strictly so it can tattoo that name on your ass as he hands it to you.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“My father told me there had been a country called Venezuela with the largest petrochemical reserves in the world. They decided to follow a socialist leader who promised them a better tomorrow built by taking from others, and soon enough ended up eating their pets and hoarding something called toilet paper. People were always willing to give ideas that had killed millions and impoverished even more another try. The appeal of making utopia on earth was always difficult to resist. Ends and means. If you can promise utopia, well, what means are off the table if the reward is heaven on earth?”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“You would be surprised how impossible it is to teach someone something when their self-regard depends on not learning it. If”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Because when people deny each other their freedoms no matter how noble their intentions, tyranny and brutality are the inevitable result no matter how enlightened the slavers think they are. The tyranny necessary to enforce such a society traps everyone in it. It falls because it turns on itself. If people are lucky it falls because people who see themselves as free cannot be ruled for long. But one way or another it will fall.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“I eyed the second specimen of a desert hare I came across as I made my way down the road. The vicious monster was nibbling on some desert sage with one ear cutely flopped across its face. It didn’t fool me for a second.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck

“Agoraphobia was now a survival trait.”
― Aaron Jay, Beginner's Luck