Top 36 Brian McClellan Quotes
#1. And there, among the ruined splendor of Skyline Palace, Adamat saw a god weep for the hero of Adro.
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#2. I have the feeling you would much rather be on the front than in Adopest trying to win over the snakes in politics. At least here you're allowed to shoot your enemies.
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#3. Let the Kez come," Tamas roared. "Let them send their greatest generals after us. Let them stack the odds against us. Let them come upon us with all their fury, because these hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions!
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#4. For Dad For never being hesitant that I'd make it this far. Even when you should have been.
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#5. When a man solved his problems by punching them, books were often a foreign thing.
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#6. Even if you are a pompous ass with no respect for authority, you're worth fifty men, and I mean to see you in my army."
"That was an incredibly backhanded compliment."
"I meant every word.
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#8. First rule of bathing," Gavril said. "If you can't smell yourself anymore, it's time to wash.
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#9. I'm an investigator, my dear. Other people's business is my business.
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#10. There is nothing that will make a man more desperate and more capable of violence than endangering his family.
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#12. The lockpick gaped up at Adamat from his knees. "You're making enough noise, you might as well have knocked on the front door," Adamat said.
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#13. Don't trust any man who surrounds himself with beautiful women. Least of all a priest.
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#14. The minutiae of the common man is the grease that slicks the gears of civilization. She
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#15. God' is a funny word, it implies omnipotence and omniscience. Let me assure, I am neither.
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#16. There were a number of powerful factions within Adro: the Wings of Adom mercenaries, the royal cabal, the Mountainwatch, and the great noble families.
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#18. I've met dozens of officers who think their immaculate mustache can move the world.
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#19. After the adrenaline had worn off and medals had been awarded and the glory meted out, only the suffering remained after a battle.
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#20. At what point have you ever gotten the impression that there are good people in the royal cabal?"
"You've given me that impression. Yes. You have."
"Well, get past it. Because I'm not a good man. Not in the slightest. I just pay my debts.
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#21. He had an honest face, though Adamat found that honest faces were almost always deceptive.
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#22. The quail was tender, the potatoes smothered in butter, and the beans roasted in garlic.
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#23. Promise me."
"No."
Etan's eyes were glassy with tears. "Coward. If I were dying, you'd promise me. Because you wouldn't have to answer to me then. But I'm not dying, and you won't promise it. Bloody coward.
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#24. One man always makes a difference. Sometimes it's a small one. Other times, he tips a war.
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#25. I pretended I was a Kez colonel pretending to be an Adran colonel," Olem said. "It was disturbingly easy."
"They didn't ask for papers or proof?"
"In this rain?" Olem gestured at the downpour. "You don't understand an enlisted man, sir. Nobody asks for bloody papers in this kind of weather.
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#26. Tamas had heard that every genius was equal parts madness. He
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#27. I would die for my country. But I'd rather kill for it. Ready your troops. We march!
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#29. Doctor, what could you prescribe for Charlemund?"
The doctor looked down his nose at the unconscious form of the arch-diocel.
"Arsenic?"
"Now, really. Something to give him a quality headache and a great deal of memory loss."
"Cyanide.
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#30. The age of kings is dead, Adamat, and I have killed it.
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#31. The world is changing. People do not exist to serve their governments or their kings. Governments exist to serve the people, so the people should have a say in those governments.
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#33. He was a longtime street thug who had just enough ruthlessness to rise to legitimate businesses and not quite enough intelligence to leave his dark life behind him. Aptly suited as a banker.
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#34. You seem to be in unusually good spirits." "I do?" Tamas said. "I haven't said two words." Prime cleared his throat. "I can sense it about you. It's in the air. Like a first-year student who knows he's going to be every professor's favorite. It's annoying.
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#35. You missed the morning's festivities," Bo said to Adamat. "You call torturing a man 'festivities'?" Adamat asked. "I'm not a good person," Bo said.
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#36. The ceiling was a mural showing some ancient hero making a deal with a two-faced celestial being.
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