45 quotes
It was growing dusk, the blue hour when solid things take on a certain transparency and phantoms become palpable.
The Graveyard Game (2001)
I’ve been in the entertainment industry ever since, in one capacity or another. It’s better than the Inquisition. Usually.
Sky Coyote (1999)
Terrorism was too tame for the Scots: they used lawyers.
The Graveyard Game (2001)
“When will you stop this metaphysical nonsense?” said Edward wearily. “But I suppose you’ve no other way to look at the matter, born as you were in an age of superstitious piety.”
The Life of the World to Come (2004)
Any brute will demand his right to be a law unto himself, beating his wife and his children as he pleases, and defend that right with his father’s rifle and think himself a patriot.
Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)
“Alec is beautiful,” said Jill, bending down to kiss him.
“Like a mushroom cloud!” scoffed Balkister.
The Life of the World to Come (2004)
“Oh, that’s childish,” says Nicholas in disgust.
“Well, so what?” says Alec. “We happen to be children.”
The Sons of Heaven (2007)
Just when I thought things couldn’t get any stranger, I was proven wrong.
The Graveyard Game (2001)
It’s sad when people are stupid.
The Children of the Company (2005)
That is one dark house your God lives in, man. Alec shook his head. You can keep your Age of Faith. Whyn’t you find somebody to worship who isn’t a shracking psychopath?
The Machine's Child (2006)
“Edward has a purpose for us. Ruling the world, I assume.”
“He can’t,” says Alec, aghast. “That’s what villains do!”
The Sons of Heaven (2007)
Doubtless he was going to start bragging about being a god. It went with the profile of this sort of lunatic.
The Children of the Company (2005)
When you hear a story, do you believe only the nice parts? Truth isn’t like a baked fish, where you can eat the flesh and leave the bones and skin. You have to eat it all.
Sky Coyote (1999)
Did you know what would happen next? Did you know and sit there like God, silent, remorseless, useless?
Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)
Edward raises the pointer and places its tip against Alec’s forehead. “What’s the use of having a library in there if you won’t open the books, boy? What’s the good of augmented intelligence if you won’t use it?”
The Sons of Heaven (2007)
Times had changed.
Sooner or later, they always did.
The Graveyard Game (2001)
“I will say this once.” Edward turned to the others. “I’m in command on this mission. Do not, at any time, attempt to wrest control from me. If what you see dismays you, avert your eyes.”
The Machine's Child (2006)
It takes thousands of them to create an archive of human wisdom; only one to set a torch to it. Wouldn’t you have to say, then, that the work of the librarians is more typical of mortal behavior than the work of the arsonist?
The Children of the Company (2005)
His nation of liberty was founded on the backs of Negro slaves and at the cost of exterminating the aborigines. As far as I can tell, the Yankee’s idea of freedom is his right to carry a pistol with which he may shoot strangers in the street.
Mendoza in Hollywood (2000)
The Rogue Cyborg is doing serious Rogue Cyborg stuff. He’s crouched before a data terminal as though it were an ancient altar, and from the look on his face what he’s praying for is desperate and bloody revenge.
The Machine's Child (2006)