Jim C. Hines Quotes

“… bookstores, libraries… they're the closest thing I have to a church.”

“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.”

“If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly”

“Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don’t be upset when others decide you’re an asshole."

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“The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.”

“A wizard am I, whom many dread,
With power like a God.
So come with me to yonder bed,
And see my mighty rod.”

“If a god ever decides to talk to you, the best thing you can do is pretend you don’t hear him.”

“I’m told it’s very difficult to escape death once he adds your name to his list.”

“Nobody dies faster than a tired soldier.”

“Cowardice is a far better survival trait than heroism.”

“The royal children have skulls of granite, it’s true, but they come by that honestly.”

“No plan survives the first encounter with your enemy, so why bother to make one?”

“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.”

“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.”

“Unfortunately for you, ignorance makes a poor shield.”

“Madmen in the noble line are as common as rat turds in the grain shed.”

“Better the lesser of two oddities.”