Robert Asprin quotes - page 2

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 Asprin)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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He'll get a life sentence for the illegal trafficking alone and probably a death sentence for the people he killed along the way. View quote
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You know,” Malcolm remarked to no one in particular, "I'd say that chap doesn't enjoy time travel. View quote
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Fools have a way of discovering...that the laws of time travel, like the laws of physics, have no pity and no remorse. View quote
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Careless is stupid, he snarled at himself, and stupid can be fatal. View quote
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Playing God was a sweetly addictive game. View quote
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The more chaotic the world, the greater the need for ritual. View quote
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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! View quote
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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 Asprin)
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. View quote
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The more I learn about history, the more savage I find it was. View quote
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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. View quote
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When it comes to scouts, heroes are just people who confuse cowardice with common sense. View quote
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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. View quote
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Are you out of your mind? No, you have to be in possession of a mind, first, to be out of it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Not everything in life is funny. View quote
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... writing is fun and exciting, not an obligation to be discharged. (Robert Asprin)