11 quotes
You have reached that unfortunate age where you have all of life’s answers and you know everything more perfectly and more profoundly than your elders.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Need I say that, if the universe is destroyed, it is unlikely that the British Isles will be preserved?
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Those who work are free. There are only three categories of nonproductive people: babies, beggars, robbers.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Were I a real master of intrigue, I would not have the reputation for being a master of intrigue.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Come on, Amelia. We are not really British. We do not have to look down our noses at honest labor.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Everything is inanimate, if by that you mean things that operate according to cause and effect. Free will is an epiphenomenon, a misjudgment impressed upon us and sustained by the actions of brain molecules in motion.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
I resolved, as I walked, to be the most dangerous one I could be. And in my mind, that meant one thing: thought. Think things through; then act. First be patient; then be brave.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
Comedy is easy. Intrigue is hard.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
So that was my task as leader. Escape from a situation that was complex, dangerous, and littered with unknowns. Get out of the burning labyrinth without stepping on the buried land mines.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
“They (i. e., the Olympian gods) operate on moral principles. You have to break a promise to them, or break a rule, for them to get power over you.”
Victor commented darkly, “That explains why religions have rules no one can follow. If everyone is a sinner, by definition, everyone is under their power.”
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)
War is murder, king-sized.
Fugitives of Chaos (2006)