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Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1) QUOTES

1 " Headaches from using my attunement? I could deal with them. Existential terror at the possibility of destroying my own mind? Pretty much routine at this point.
Doing paperwork for the government?
Now that was brutal. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

2 " It was the day of my Judgment, and I was prepared in a thousand ways that didn’t matter. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

3 " It was too early for me to interact with the living, and in spite of my general fondness for Sera, she still was another entity and thus a toll on my exhausted mind. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

4 " Does he always try to solve problems by making bigger ones?"
Orden nodded sagely, "That would sum up Corin's problem solving methodology quite appropriately "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

5 " And so, with all the athleticism of a student who spends most of his time reading and enchanting, I tried to jump "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

6 " For the future, please promise me you will not make any life-altering oaths in order to influence my love life. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

7 " Oh, talking to people. That’s a thing I should do again sometime. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

8 " Nailing my door shut at night wasn't exactly elegant, but it was a pretty effective deterrent. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

9 " Vanniv put a hand over his chest. “I don’t know what you’re implying, madam professor, but I have a strict ‘no attacking cities’ policy. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

10 " This was both unsettling, since I’d been duped, and a little comforting in that it took away some of my feeling of guilt for my actions. Ah, the sweet power of deflecting responsibility. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

11 " And by “I came to the realization”, I mean Derek eventually told me, “We’re flirting, can we please have some space?” Fair enough, Derek. Fair enough. So, I, Corin Cadence, master of understanding human mating rituals, left that room to the two of them and tried not to think about that too much. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

12 " Mages, unsurprisingly, loved researching new and exciting ways to explode things just as much as anyone else. I "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

13 " I liked her hair, fine and bright yellow, like corn. But I’d never been interested in people like that. I’d expected that to change as I’d gotten older, but those much-vaunted pubescent urges just never struck me the same way they seemed to hit other people. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

14 " I didn’t even have a chance to groan before she’d put down her plate and sat down. It was too early for me to interact with the living, and in spite of my general fondness for Sera, she still was another entity and thus a toll on my exhausted mind. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

15 " Paralyzing fear. Nothing for you to worry about. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

16 " Undoubtedly from training with the dueling cane. Thanks, Dad. Really great parenting there. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

17 " Of my students, more than half fail to take this basic precaution, because people are terrible, stupid, and also lazy.” She folded her arms, leaning against the table. “I mention this lesson every year, and every year, I am disappointed. Nevertheless, in my weakness, I retain some hope that this class will be the one class to finally demonstrate a degree of basic competence. I look forward to being disappointed once again. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

18 " No,” he countered, “you owe me two.” He pointed upward. “One is for the repair of my floor. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

19 " Of course, I hadn’t anticipated a firearm being discharged — how novel! — and the guards already did investigate the scene.” She gave me a pointed look. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

20 " It’s somewhat disconcerting to know that my lifespan is limited by your whim — and your available mana —and not feel any fear about it. "

― Andrew Rowe , Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)