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Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1) QUOTES

Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1) QUOTES

1 " You have to believe in your dreams because sometimes they believe in you. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

2 " 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. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

3 " See, phrenology is this old Victorian science, which claimed you could determine the dominant traits of a man's personality by studying the bumps on his head. The size and position of these bumps indicated different personality traits. See? Now, /retro-phrenology/ says, why not change a man's personality by hitting him on the head with a hammer, till you raise just the right bumps in the right places!"
"One of us needs a lot more drinks," said Alex. "That's starting to make sense. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

4 " 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. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

5 " 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. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

6 " Oh God, it's her, run! "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

7 " I saw myself as a knight-errant...but the damsel in distress stabbed me in the back, my sword shattered on the dragon's hide, and my grail turned out to be the bottom of a whiskey bottle. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

8 " sometimes dreams are all that can keep you going. Give them up, and you’re dead. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

9 " God does so love to make a man break a promise. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

10 " I chose to help people, because there’d been no-one there to help me when I needed it. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

11 " 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. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

12 " I could have been a contender, if I’d cared enough. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

13 " 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. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)

14 " You have to believe in dreams, because sometimes they believe in you. "

― Simon R. Green , Something from the Nightside (Nightside, #1)