Simon R. Green Quotes

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I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.

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While the cat's away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity.

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Never go anywhere without condiments. Condiments are our friends.

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You want me to sneak up on an angel and rip out its pinfeathers, so you can make a fashion statement?

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First rule of engineering; beware prototypes. Along with, avoid anything made by an engineer who doesn't have all his own fingers.

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Are you sure this is a good idea?' whispered the unicorn. 'No,' said Rupert. 'But it's our best chance to find a dragon.' 'Frankly, that doesn't strike me as such a hot idea either,' muttered the unicorn.

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When you are tired of life, come to Haven. And someone will kill you.

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I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone off a bike with a baseball bat; you never really lose the knack.

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No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us

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It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all.

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Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

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Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.

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You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

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Last night I dreamed I was still human, but now I have woken up, into something better. Farewell, my friends, farewell.

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What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

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I always feel most alive when everything else is dying all around me

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The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising.

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Because nothing makes love and life matter more than the knowledge that some day it must end.

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Nothing is ever really lost. The memories of good friends and good times are always there, never more than a thought away. In a sense, they never really stopped happening. Every moment you ever treasured, every friend you ever valued is still there, separated from us only by time; the past is still happening and always will be. It's only we who have moved on.

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The harsh, unyielding reality of having to compromise your ideals bit by bit, day by day, just to achieve a few little victories in the face of the world's malice, or indifference. Until sometimes you wonder if there's nothing left of you but the shell of the man you intended to be, just going through the motions because you've nothing better to do.

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Who... what are they?" "My pride and glory," Alex said fondly. "Betty and Lucy Coltrane. Best damned bouncers in the business. Though of course I'd never tell them that. Fiercer than pit bulls and cheaper to run. Married to each other. They had a dog once, but they ate it.

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I take it you know my companion?" Oh, yes!" said Savage, his smile disappearing. "We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don't let her kill anyone important. Or set fire to anything." Your reputation precedes you," Random said dryly to Ruby.

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The cream-tiled walls were spattered here and there with old dried bloodstains, deep gouges that might have been clawmarks, and all kinds of graffiti. As usual, someone had spelt Cthulhu wrongly.

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After all, you're only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived.

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Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem.

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There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...

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Who's got my Jaffa Cakes? You know I can't function without Jaffa Cakes.

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Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said.

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