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Famous Jim C. Hines Quotes

“Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer. That way your friends are between you and your enemies.”

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 7 (p. 117)

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

Source: Libriomancer

“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.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 7 (p. 128)

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

Jim C. Hines

“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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Jim C. Hines

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: Codex Born

Jim C. Hines Quotes about God

“No night is so dark, no situation so dire, but the intervention of the gods cannot make it worse.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 3 (p. 42)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 3 (p. 42)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 7 (p. 144)

Jim C. Hines Quotes

“Don’t let your newfound title worry you. Having lived among goblins and their backstabbing, treacherous ways, you’re far better prepared for politics than most.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 17 (p. 331)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 16 (p. 301)

“Nobody dies faster than a tired soldier.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 14 (p. 276)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 13 (p. 254)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 2 (p. 51)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 13 (p. 243)

“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.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 4 (p. 60)

“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.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 1 (pp. 19-20)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 17 (p. 306)

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

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 13 (p. 238)

“Better the lesser of two oddities.”

Jim C. Hines

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 9 (p. 168)

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