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1 " Screw it. Bring on that sorry dragon!Comes down to it, I'll bet Hrundig knows a recipe for cooking the mangy beasts. "
― Eric Flint , The Philosophical Strangler (Joe's World, #1)
2 " Good writing just isn't that common. "
― Eric Flint
3 " Jeff watched her come, the whole time. He never noticed her mincing, hesitant steps on treacherous heels. He was simply swept up in the ancient ceremony. And discovering, as untold millions of young men had discovered before him, that there is nothing in the world as beautiful as his bride approaching. "
― Eric Flint , 1632
4 " Conspiracies existed, to be sure; many of them, and many were dark indeed. But fiendish? Fiendishness required brains. Nine times out of ten, conspirators behaved like buffoons and wound up exposing themselves out of sheer, bumbling incompetence. "
― Eric Flint , 1636: The Saxon Uprising
5 " Author's Afterword "
6 " He shrugged. "Let's see if I can verify your guess, Dr. Glendale." "Nicholas or Nick, please. Not—" He flashed a warning glance at Helen, but too late. "—Nicky!" she interjected. "Okay, "
― Eric Flint , Boundary (Boundary, #1)
7 " A.J.'s conciliatory tone was then replaced by his usual theatrics. "Glad you could make it, Colonel! We're about to try to open up and see what's behind Door Number Three." "Actually, Door Number D-11," Jackie corrected. "Well, darn. Janice was always behind Door Number Three. D11 just has alien artifacts behind it." "A.J., you're not old enough to remember that show," Hathaway snorted. "Hell, I'm not old enough to remember that show." "Old shows never die. They live on in sound bites and cultural references for generations." Movement "
8 " Okay, Jack—let 'er rip!" They were able to watch the operation on a screen, from sensors left on site. The fuel-cell-powered ripper hummed, and there was a sudden screeching noise audible all the way down the corridor as the lever arms inserted themselves forcibly into the narrow crack between the door valves. The humming abruptly dropped in pitch and became louder as it began to force the doors open. A.J. "
9 " Only the soul matters, in the end. All else is dross. That is as true of an empire as it is of a man. "
― Eric Flint , Fortune's Stroke (Belisarius, #4)
10 " Bad parent! Bad Parent! Your children will grow up to be drug addicts, derelicts, serial murderers and hedge fund managers! "
― Eric Flint , 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught
11 " maybe that’s all history was: a succession of bullies and thieves, each "
― Eric Flint , 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (Assiti Shards, #18)
12 " A good marriage produced affection and physical desire as naturally and inevitably as trees grew. Love was simply the fruit, which they confused with the seed. "
― Eric Flint , Worlds 2
13 " Like all females, Third was intensely aggressive. "
― Eric Flint , The Crucible of Empire (Jao, #2)
14 " Nancy Ward was almost eighty years old. For a moment, Tiana was frozen by the sight. Half exultant—if she could be like that, at that age!—and half petrified. It was like watching some ancient, terrible creature, rising from its lair. "
― Eric Flint , 1812: The Rivers of War (Trail of Glory, #1)
15 " The plans and schemes of tyrants are broken by many things. They shatter against cliffs of heroic struggle. They rupture on reefs of open resistance. And they are slowly eroded, bit by little bit, on the very beaches where they measure triumph, by countless grains of sand. By the stubborn little decencies of humble little men. "
― Eric Flint , In the Heart of Darkness (Belisarius, #2)
16 " up was the necessary supply chain in case he had to leave Bohemia "
17 " So where you've got one pope, they've got a whole bunch of 'em? "
― Eric Flint , 1634: The Galileo Affair (Assiti Shards, #3)
18 " A reputation, once developed, is as valuable as a fine sword. But don't forget that it has to be a valid reputation. Or the sword's go no edge. "
19 " Strength grows from building other strength, not from trampling on weakness. "
20 " is a bureaucrat, first and foremost. His central concern—now and always—is going to be his position within the power structure, not the needs of the struggle. When a job goes sour, his first thought is going to be: cover my ass. And for that, ain't nothing better than a dumb young greenhorn "
― Eric Flint , Worlds
