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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall take flack from both sides."- Unofficial UN Motto”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Sweet Myth-Tery of Life

“In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head.
Marie Antoinette”

Robert Lynn Asprin

“When old friends get together, everything else fades to insignificance."- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death”

Robert Lynn Asprin book Myth Directions

Source: Myth Directions

“When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

“You know,” Malcolm remarked to no one in particular, “I’d say that chap doesn’t enjoy time travel.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: The House that Jack Built (2001), Chapter 12 (p. 295)

“Fools have a way of discovering…that the laws of time travel, like the laws of physics, have no pity and no remorse.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 4 (p. 98; ellipses indicate a minor elision of description)

Robert Lynn Asprin Quotes about life

“The death of the wildebeest herd didn’t change the bloody savagery she’d witnessed in the Roman Circus, but it put life and death in much clearer perspective. Nature wasn’t any nobler or gentler than human beings. It was just as deadly and just as cruel and just as savagely “unfair” to the weak…
Maybe more so.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 17 (p. 370; ellipsis in the original)

“All the years he’d spent fooling himself into thinking that what he did was correct was simply time wasted from his life, on delusions and fantasies that kept him from seeing what he was and where he was inevitably headed with genuine clarity.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 21 (p. 428)

““He’ll get a life sentence for the illegal trafficking alone and probably a death sentence for the people he killed along the way.” He sighed slightly. “I always did fancy happy endings.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 21 (p. 430)

“He’ll get a life sentence for the illegal trafficking alone and probably a death sentence for the people he killed along the way.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

He sighed slightly. “I always did fancy happy endings.”
Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 21 (p. 430)

Robert Lynn Asprin Quotes

“Careless is stupid, he snarled at himself, and stupid can be fatal.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: The House that Jack Built (2001), Chapter 19 (p. 455)

“Playing God was a sweetly addictive game.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 14 (p. 431)

“The more chaotic the world, the greater the need for ritual.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 7 (p. 156)

““How much did that ridiculous maintenance job of yours pay?”
Skeeter blinked. “Five bucks an hour, why?”
“Five bucks? That’s not a salary, that’s slavery!””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: The House that Jack Built (2001), Chapter 1 (p. 14)

“Small towns were terrible places to grow up with world-sized dreams—especially when those dreams were the only things you had left to hold onto.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 2 (p. 38)

“The more I learn about history, the more savage I find it was.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 19 (p. 372)

“But—as Kit and Sven had been so fond of saying—the Universe didn’t give beans for “fair.” It simply was. You got it right or paid the price.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 17 (p. 364)

“When it comes to scouts, heroes are just people who confuse cowardice with common sense.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 119)

“So fare the fortunes of men, Skeeter thought bitterly, when seven wolves and a sheep decide what’s for lunch. Perfect democracy: everybody got to vote. Even the lunch.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Epilogue (p. 448)
Wagers of Sin (1996)

“Are you out of your mind? No, you have to be in possession of a mind, first, to be out of it.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: The House that Jack Built (2001), Chapter 4 (p. 85)

“What?” Jenna came out of her chair so fast, it crashed over. “Are you insane?”
“No,” Skeeter said mildly, “although I know a few people who might argue the point.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: The House that Jack Built (2001), Chapter 14 (p. 348)

“Education,” he smiled, “is never a waste of time.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 9 (p. 175)

“Skeeter just couldn’t figure out what was so horrible about taking a good, long, clear-eyed look at one’s past and facing whatever one found in it. Making up the past to fit whatever idea some politically correct group wanted to pass off as reality this week seemed a lot more dangerous to him than facing brutal facts.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 13 (pp. 268-269)

“It operates very much like the social structure of a nomadic tribe. Those in the brotherhood are fully human; those outside are not.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 3 (p. 74)

“Skeeter thought dark, vile thoughts at bureaus and the bureauc-rats that ran ’em.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 1 (p. 11)

““Hi, Sven.”
“Hi, yourself. The answer’s no.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 111)

“Malcolm had forgotten how very young eighteen was, with its mixture of invincible assuredness, fragile emotions, and the desperate need to be taken seriously—even when caught in complete ignorance.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 14 (p. 286)

“Kit chuckled. “You, Bull Morgan, are a wicked judge of human character.”
“Hell, Kit, thought you’d figured it out by now: all human character is wicked. Just varies in degree is all.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 15 (p. 313)

“It is jihad, Mr. Morgan, a particularly virulent, fundamentalist form of hatred.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 3 (p. 75)

“No matter how you look at it,” Margo muttered, “when you get down to it, human beings aren’t really much better than killer plains apes, are they? Just a thin sugar-coating of civilization to make ’em look prettier.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 12 (p. 364)

““She’s young, Kit.”
“That’s no excuse. The universe doesn’t give a damn when it squashes you.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 13 (p. 264)

“A brave man is one who admits his fear. Only a fool believes himself invincible.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 10 (p. 300)

““Uncle Sven and I are about to start your first lesson in survival theory.”
She gave them both a dubious glance. “That being?”
Sven guffawed. “When the fight starts, be someplace else. And always remember, nobody watches your butt for you when it’s You versus the Universe—and Margo, the universe just don’t give a damn.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 122)

“Bull Morgan was just the right man for the job, a man who found the law useful in how far it could occasionally be bent to save a friend.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 15 (p. 314)

“Once again, Caddrick had failed to use the few brains God had given him.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 14 (p. 441)

““Oh. I was beginning to worry.”
“You do that,” Kit laughed. “I like it better when you’re worried. Proves you’re thinking.”
She put out a pink tongue. “You’re mean and horrible. Why does everybody else like you?”
Kit scratched his head. “Search me. Guess it’s my good looks and charm.””

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 9 (p. 173)

“A tiny whisper at the back of her mind warned her to be wary of what one asked the gods for, lest they grant it.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Wagers of Sin (1996), Chapter 18 (p. 366)

“Li was a very honest and honorable man. But when it came to any man’s abiding passion, honesty occasionally went straight out the nearest available window.”

Robert Lynn Asprin

Source: Ripping Time (2000), Chapter 12 (p. 346)

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