The Emperor's New Clothes Quotes

“ Who does the sky weep for, when it rains?"
Baldasshi Koan

"If we knew, the sky would not weep.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“What would Royce Ree do?"
--Proverb, Imperial Intelligence Academy”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“Maybe he could convince Les that they needed to have sex for cover purposes.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“I thought you didn't love me anymore."
Royce's brows furrowed. "What does sex have to do with love?”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“Our gods," said the Warlord, "favor men that smile before they die. You'll go straight to heaven, Agent Ree."
"I doubt it," said Royce. "The Empire has found no proof of your 'heaven'. And we've looked, believe me.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“So pray that if we ever do run across the Cradle of Life, somebody has the damn sense to recognize it..”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“Every pre-FTL civilization we know of has alcohol. I mean, imagine you're stuck to a single planet, it takes decades to cross just your own solar system. Wouldn't you invent vodka?”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“Baldessh has no intelligence apparatus. No spies, no automated surveillance, nothing. I have it on very good authority."
<"Maybe they're just so good that we haven't heard of them?"
"Don't be stupid."
--Transcript, Kovan Flagship:"Exchange between Head of Military Intelligence and Kovan Warlord, FTL, Space.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“We have a wig," Les said, "two broaches, two scarves, two shirts and a ticking time-bomb in my head. So we're going to focus on the purely visual aspects of the art.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist

“So many days where we talked ourselves hoarse, believing we were touching each other's souls.”
― Aldous Mercer, The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist