Can you be serious for two words?" "Not without effort. Steven Brust More Quotes by Steven Brust More Quotes From Steven Brust I guess there's just a time for doing dumb things. Steven Brust dumb-things dumb When I say that life is like an onion, I mean this: if you don't do anything with it, it goes rotten. So far, that's no different from other vegetables. But when an onion goes bad, it can either do it from the inside, or the outside. So sometimes you see one that looks good, but the core is rotten. Other times, you can see a bad spot on it, but if you cut that out, the rest is fine. Tastes sharp, but that's what you paid for, isn't it? Steven Brust cutting life mean But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision. Steven Brust decision action two No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style. Steven Brust knife will style matter Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off. Steven Brust person will think you Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid. Steven Brust just-because just you mean It wasn't until I was working on 'Tacky' that I admitted to myself that I was writing a series. Steven Brust until working myself writing