63 quotes
Despite common belief, the goblin language did include a word for trust. It was derived from the word for trustworthy, which in the goblin tongue, was the same as the word for dead.
Goblin Hero (2007)
You want to know if it was worth it. I can’t answer that, Isaac. We can know what was, but not what might have been.
Revisionary (2016)
The most difficult part was letting yourself ignore the lies your eyes told. Eyes were like children. If they had nothing to say, they made things up.
Goblin Quest (2004)
Jig had never worried about pursuing his destiny. Generally, destiny pursued him. Then it knocked him down and kicked him a few times for good measure.
Goblin War (2008)
What do I do?
Tymalous Shadowstar didn’t answer.
Hello? A little help would be nice. Still nothing. It figured. There was never a god around when you needed one.
Goblin Hero (2007)
Better the lesser of two oddities.
Goblin Quest (2004)
There were always people eager for attention who were happy to confirm whatever explanation the reporters wanted, so long as he gave them their fifteen minutes of fame.
Codex Born (2013)
Copper River was a small, tightly knit town. If gossip was a competitive sport, we’d have been sending teams to the Olympics and bringing back gold.
Codex Born (2013)
Plans were for adventurers. He preferred the goblin approach. Blind panic might not work all the time, but at least it saved you the stress of planning.
Goblin Quest (2004)
He hoped he hadn’t killed the guard. He had come here to help the goblins. Though eliminating some of the stupider guards might be construed as helping. He would have to think about that later.
Goblin Quest (2004)
The nice thing about people like Jellybean Man was that I knew exactly where I stood. There was no subtlety, no subterfuge or second-guessing. It was a refreshing change from talking to politicians.
Revisionary (2016)
You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.
Revisionary (2016)
The hotel offered a complimentary continental breakfast. My first thought upon seeing it was rather less than complimentary.
Unbound (2015)
Young Isaac had dreamed of fame.
Young Isaac was an idiot.
Revisionary (2016)
“Besides, is it really stealing if you’re stealing from an asshole?”
“I’d have to double-check, but I don’t think the criminal code includes an asshole clause.”
Libriomancer (2012)
The difference between a Hero and an ordinary man is that when the ordinary man comes upon a flaming death swamp full of venomous dragon snakes, he turns around and goes home. The Hero strips down and goes for a swim.
Goblin Hero (2007)
Do you remember the moment you first realize you were mortal? That no matter what happened, you would never live long enough to read every book you wanted to read? That you’d die having accomplished only a fraction of your goals?
Codex Born (2013)
Every religion I’ve studied has laws or commandments against killing.
Historically, humanity has shown tremendous creativity in finding every possible loophole, rationalization, and justification to ignore these commandments.
Codex Born (2013)
“Your fear is all too human. Accept it, but as you walk this path, let your hope guide you.”
“And what if hope guides me off the edge of a cliff?”
“I said let hope guide you. I never said stop paying attention to where you’re going.”
Revisionary (2016)
She didn’t argue. That, more than anything else, told me she hadn’t fully recovered from everything she’d been through. A year ago, she would have argued with me on principle, secure in her teenage sense of immortality and invulnerability.
Revisionary (2016)