The Great Cleric (Light Novel) Quotes

“You mean I was a burden,” she said meekly. I gave her a gentle smile. “No, not at all. Running away is addictive. Do it once and suddenly you can’t stop. The moment the going gets tough, you feel the urge to escape. But you kept me from running away from my training. You were my anchor.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“You’re damn right. What we’ve been doing up till now’s been ‘training.’ Nothing’s killed you so far, or knocked you on your ass that bad. But today, we’re adding pain into your routine.” My master, clearly having lost his mind again, had forgotten that pain was, in fact, already a key component of everything we had done. It was just like Brod to surpass the limits of absurdity.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Instead, for all my efforts, I was given the absolute worst possible name in history among the adventurers—the Masochistic Zombie Healer—to which I promised myself I would never respond. Ever.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Also, I’m trying to figure out what you mean by ‘Napoleon,’ but I’m comin’ up short.” “Gah!” Critical hit by an unintentional dad joke.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“The next morning, I saw the list of those who had died, those I hadn’t been able to save. I cried for them. I was not all-powerful, I knew that, and still my weakness gnawed at me. To stave off the sadness, even if only a little, I swore to the departed that I would push myself harder than ever before.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I always heard adventurers were brutes and ruffians, but the ones in Merratoni have been wonderful,” she gushed. Unbeknownst to her, this comment would trigger the formation of her own fan club.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Seeing the splotches on my clothes reminded me of the fragility of life in this world, and of the power that I had to protect it. I wasn’t a doctor. I had no technical knowledge. And yet I could heal people. I held the power to stave off unfair deaths. That fact made me happy.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Uh-oh, this was starting to feel like a date. My life (lives?) flashed before my eyes.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Luciel, eh? Can’t believe that kid chugged the whole thing,” Gulgar said to himself, looking into the empty mug. Any normal person would’ve thrown up or passed out from pure revulsion. “Oh, yeah, he’s got guts.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“One sip and my brain immediately rejected all notions that it was potable. Heat spread through my body and beads of sweat coalesced on my brow. “Substance X” was indeed an apt name for this liquid horror.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“Oh, almost forgot, wash it down with this. It’s disgusting as all hell, but good for ya.” He pulled out a glass mug filled to the brim with some rancid-smelling purple substance that looked thoroughly poisonous.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I’m not gonna become some hero overnight. There’s no need to rush.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1

“I had a superior to rely on here. My only job right now was to try, fail, learn, repeat.”
― Broccoli Lion, The Great Cleric (Light Novel): Volume 1