Gearpox Quotes

“Unless we all want to end up like our spiritual friend here…” Garryck said, gesturing with the point of his lance at the hole he’d left in the dead man’s body.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“How’s a woman to bear me children with hips like those? Was your father a stick insect? Was your mother a praying mantis?”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“What was I supposed to do?” Lane returned. “Let him slaughter the old codger on the court room floor? Nhiles are you aware how hard it is to get blood out of carpet?”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“Ohhhhhhhhhh
The King’s hair is quite fair,
And his smile’s all there.
Yet beside of all this,
The King has no heir!

Foooooooooor
The King is not there, down there.
No the King is not there, down there.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaall
The maids are so pretty,
And some even witty!
But still no heir is there,
And say so my ditty!

The King is not there, down there.
No the King is not there, down there.

Sooooooooooo
Don’t hang your brother,
For the sake of your mother!
Cuz we’ve still no heir to spare,
Unless she whelped another!

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
The king is not there, down there.
No, the King is not there, down there.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“You speak so easily of war, when so many of your brothers and sisters lie dead at the bottom of the ocean, at the hands of the King’s navy. That is war.”

“When the maggot infested, mouldy bread runs out, and you’re so desperate for food that you daydream about finding a rat to cook, and stare contemplative at your fingers. That is war.”

“When you’re conscripted, spend years killing people, for a king, who look just like you, and come home to find your wife in bed with a man who dodged the call of battle. That is war.”

“When your people, your kind and everyone you love are hunted down and butchered like pigs in their sleep whilst they lay abed, just because of their ancestry. That is war.”

“When mothers put their daughters to the sword, rather than letting the victors have them as spoils of war. That is war.”
“When your wife fades away in your arms, simply because you and your kind have been labelled persons of interest for the knife. That is war.”

“When you sacrifice everything so that your daughter might live a better life, away from persecution, prejudice and fear, and then she is taken from you anyway. That is war.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox

“Piss in your hand and clap, ya bloody westerner. Now bugger off!” The voice returned, before the murder hole was shut, replaced by another slab of wood then exact size of the window.”
― L.P. Cowling, Gearpox