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Matthew Reilly QUOTES

Matthew Reilly QUOTES

1 " Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

2 " To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement. "

― Matthew Reilly

3 " Sometimes you had to make the animals perform. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

4 " If dragons were real, then in all likelihood they were not graceful, high-chested, noble creatures; rather they would have been dirty, ugly, reptilian and mean. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

5 " The Legend of the Dragon Fairytales cleanse and sanitise what were once true stories. In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour—when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses. If dragons were real, then in all likelihood they were not graceful, high-chested, noble creatures; rather they would have been dirty, ugly, reptilian and mean. From: The Power of Myth by Craig Ferguson (Momentum, Sydney, 2013) "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

6 " Hamish shrugged. “It’s all pretty cool and impressive … if you never saw fucking Jurassic Park. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

7 " Are you a doctor?” Li said.
“I’m better than that. I’m a vet. Vets do everything: brain surgery, heart surgery, lab analysis, dislocations – "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

8 " There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period. "

― Matthew Reilly , Area 7 (Shane Schofield, #2)

9 " A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even get angry with them. But a true friend will forget that anger after a while, because their loyalty to their friend outweighs the memory of the disagreement. "

― Matthew Reilly , The 5 Greatest Warriors (Jack West Jr, #3)

10 " I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.'
- Alexander the Great "

― Matthew Reilly , Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr, #1)

11 " mmmm, space stuff "

― Matthew Reilly

12 " what would Scarecrow do! "

― Matthew Reilly

13 " There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Tournament

14 " I snorted. ‘For a great sultan who is lord and ruler of all that he surveys, his English is lamentably poor. He can’t even spell England properly.’
Still holding the note, Mr Ascham looked up at me. ‘Is that so? Tell me, Bess, do you speak his language? Any Arabic or Turkish-Arabic?’
‘You know that I do not.’
‘Then however lamentable his English may be, he still speaks your language while you cannot speak his. To me, this gives him a considerable advantage over you. Always pause before you criticise, and never unduly criticise one who has made an effort at something you yourself have not even attempted. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Tournament

15 " His actions had saved three US cities from annihilation but only a few very high-ranking people knew it. Fairfax was just pleased he could still wear jeans and sneakers to work. "

― Matthew Reilly , Scarecrow Returns (Shane Schofield, #4)

16 " Mother yelled, 'Christ, this is the craziest snatch'n'grab I've ever seen!'
'It's desperation over style, Mother.' He hurried over to the tail end of the suspended tanker truck, to the two cables that rose up from it to the rim of the massive moat.
'But did you have to destroy everything?' she shouted.
'I haven't destroyed everything yet. Hurry up, this isn't over! This way! "

― Matthew Reilly , Scarecrow Returns (Shane Schofield, #4)

17 " A monster movie is only as good as the monster in it. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

18 " Fairytales cleanse and sanitise what were once true stories. In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour—when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses. "

― Matthew Reilly , The Great Zoo of China

19 " He began to understand why some people feared the dark so much. The sheer helplessness of not knowing what was right in front of you was terrifying. "

― Matthew Reilly , Contest

20 " You don’t like people?” Raf asked. “I don’t like what people do to each other. "

― Matthew Reilly , Troll Mountain