Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said. Simon R. Green More Quotes by Simon R. Green More Quotes From Simon R. Green The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising. Simon R. Green good-herokindhero I take it you know my companion?" Oh,yes!" said Savage, his smile disappearing. "We know all about Ruby Journey. Please don't let her kill anyone important. Or set fire to anything." Your reputation precedes you," Random said dryly to Ruby. Simon R. Green importantjourneyfire Who's got my Jaffa Cakes? You know I can't function without Jaffa Cakes. Simon R. Green functioncakeknows Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from. Simon R. Green balconiestall We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things down here, sleeping all around us, in the earth and in the living rock, and in the spaces between spaces. Keep your voices down. Some of these old creatures sleep but lightly, and even their dreams can have force and substance in our limited world. We have come among forgotten gods and sleeping devils, from the days before the world settled down and declared itself sane. Simon R. Green darkdreamsleep Eddie Drood: Is this why we become agents? To play games, to chase after secrets that are rarely worth all the blood spilled on their behalf...To end up stabbed in the back, just when you thought you'd won, bleeding out in some nameless backstreet...With most people never even knowing who you were, or what you did, or why it mattered? Simon R. Green gamesplayblood 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 sawshousedoors When God wanted a city levelled, or all the first-born slaughtered in one night, he sent an angel. Simon R. Green angelcitiesnight Angel: And what will you do with the world, once it is yours?' N. Hob: 'Punish it, for not loving me. Simon R. Green loving-meangelworld No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us Simon R. Green defininglikeslosing 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 graffitiwallusual Never go anywhere without condiments. Condiments are our friends. Simon R. Green condiments While the cat's away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity. Simon R. Green catratsmay You want me to sneak up on an angel and rip out its pinfeathers, so you can make a fashion statement? Simon R. Green ripfashionangel It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all. Simon R. Green your-sidesideshands Revenge is simply justice with teeth. Simon R. Green teethrevengejustice Books can be terrible snobs. Simon R. Green snobterriblebook 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 batsbaseballhealing Oh God, it's her, run! Simon R. Green running 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 pridedogrunning
