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81 " Fahrenheit 451 was never meant to be an instruction manual. "
― Jim C. Hines , Unbound (Magic Ex Libris, #3)
82 " You believe in aliens?” “I’m dating a dryad, and you pulled a snake out of your phone. You’re going to draw the line at aliens?” “If you try to tell me aliens built the pyramids, I am so out of here.” “Don’t be ridiculous.” I waited a beat, then added, “The pyramids were built by mummified elves. "
― Jim C. Hines , Codex Born (Magic Ex Libris, #2)
83 " It was an elegant trap, one which had claimed the sanity of many libriomancers over the years. As you exhausted yourself physically and mentally, your judgment eroded as well, leading you to make mistakes when you could least afford them. Sleep was the best cure. Naturally, insomnia was a common side effect of magic use. "
84 " Sure, Death was going to find him sooner or later, but it seemed as though Death were taking the scenic route to get there. "
― Jim C. Hines , Goblin Quest (Jig the Goblin, #1)
85 " I slammed the book shut and and crowed, 'And that is why you don't kick the librarian off the investigation! "
― Jim C. Hines , Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris, #1)
86 " Among other things, hobgoblins liked to use nasty traps and ambushes. When they caught a goblin alone in their territory, they had been known to torture it for hours, then send the crippled wretch back to the goblins as a warning.True, goblins did the same thing if they managed to catch a hobgoblin, but that was simple justice. "
87 " bookstores, libraries … they’re the closest thing I have to a church. "
88 " Practically speaking, it was like carrying a Labrador retriever over a tightrope and having a squirrel race past. "
89 " Most Krakau massed less than the average human. They were roughly tube-shaped, with nine tentacles—arms—limbs? "
― Jim C. Hines , Terminal Alliance (Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #1)
90 " I’m a libriomancer. Mind tricks don’t work on me. Only money.” When all else fails, fall back on movie quotes. "
91 " Besides, is it really stealing if you’re stealing from an asshole?” “I’d have to double-check, but I don’t think the criminal code includes an asshole clause. "
92 " It’s amazing how quickly you start following the rules when someone sticks a cranial explosive to the base of your skull. "
93 " He found it peculiar the way these adventurers thought anything they found was “rightfully” theirs. Why couldn’t they come out and admit they were stealing from the monsters? "
― Jim C. Hines
94 " Something weird wants to kill us? Cool! Where did it come from, and how does it work? "
95 " Story was magic. Magic was story. Memory was also story, disparate events linked together in our mind to create a narrative. "
― Jim C. Hines , Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris, #4)
96 " There is no right choice. You chose. Your job now is to make the most of that choice. "
97 " Good.” Mops pulled out her cutting torch and brought the triangular flame to the tube leading from the tank through the ceiling. It was only half a meter in diameter, which meant she’d have to leave her equipment harness behind and crawl like a Glacidae, but she should be able to make it. Air sighed out from the cut, making the edges glow briefly orange. The emergency shutoff valve in the tank clunked automatically as it registered a leak. Good to know the mechanical safeguards were working, even if the electronics were dead. It took ten minutes to cut a vertical hole wide enough for her to squeeze inside. "
98 " The biggest liar in the world is They Say,’” I muttered. “Douglas Malloch. "
99 " A minimum of three and a half hours. Probably closer to five.” The vent’s valve mechanism was meant to be serviced from the other side. It took half an hour of fighting to find a decent angle with the wrench and remove the bolts. She finally managed to tug it loose, at which point she had to spend another twenty minutes using her torch to cut the damned thing into smaller pieces so she could get it out of her way. "
100 " If you really want to kill a libriomancer, hook a bomb up to a big red button and tell him not to press it. "