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Matthew Stover Quotes

born 1962

Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist.

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"The problem with happy endings," Tan'elkoth said, "is that nothing is ever truly over."

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Life is mere chance only when one allows it to be.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

This is the most valuable lesson one can teach a fanatic: that fanaticism is self-defeating.

Traitor (2002)

When all choices seem wrong, choose restraint.

Shatterpoint (2004)

A religion that teaches you God is something outside the world--something separate from everything you see, smell, taste, touch, and hear--is nothing but a cheap hustle.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

"Shit, kid, thinking about that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, like I just ate a kitten."

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

When you save someone's life. It's always temporary, y'know?

Shatterpoint (2004)

When the gods would punish us, they answer our prayers.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

You can kill me, but you can't make me obey.

Traitor (2002)

Can't trust a fascist--truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

The troopers had not been fighting for themselves; they knew their lives were over. But they had never stopped. They were fighting for the regiment.

Shatterpoint (2004)

I read once, somewhere, that the way you know you've grown up is when your future death becomes a stone in your shoe: when you feel it with every step.

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

Jedi are supposed to stand for something, aren't you? You're supposed to stand up for what's right. No matter what.

Shatterpoint (2004)

"...I suspect that pain means little to you as your life--but both your life and your pain are very important to me."

Blade of Tyshalle (2001)

"I guess heroes feel like they've accomplished something."
"And you haven't? Several thousand slaves might disagree."

Traitor (2002)

Our enemy is power mistaken for justice. Our enemy is the desperation that justifies atrocity. The Jedi's true enemy is the jungle.

Shatterpoint (2004)

"You're in the jungle, now. There are no rules."
"Of course there are. Don't be an idiot."

Shatterpoint (2004)

I don't have to be a hero, he thought in silent wonder. All I have to do is pretend.

Traitor (2002)

I gave them the word of a Jedi Master that if they surrendered I would keep them from harm. I will not be made a liar.

Shatterpoint (2004)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matthew Stover (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.