Simon R. Green Quotes

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• Though I often run out of courage and good sense, stubbornness keeps me going.

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  Running, Stubbornness, Good Sense

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• Nothing is hidden, nothing is ever lost, nothing is ever forgotten. That's always been part of my problem.

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  Problem, Forgotten, Lost

  Simon R. Green (2014). “Drinking Midnight Wine”, p.143, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• Nothing is ever really lost. The memories of good friends and good times are always there, never more than a thought away. In a sense, they never really stopped happening. Every moment you ever treasured, every friend you ever valued is still there, separated from us only by time; the past is still happening and always will be. It's only we who have moved on.

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  Memories, Good Friend, Past

  Simon R. Green (1997). “Deathstalker War”, p.231, Penguin

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• There are any number of magical creatures, mostly female, whose singing can bring about horror and death. Sirens, undines, banshees, Bananarama tribute bands...

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  Numbers, Singing, Female

  Simon R. Green (2004). “Nightingale's Lament”, p.58, Penguin

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• Keep your mind too open, and you never know what might walk in.

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  Mind, Might, Walks

  Simon R. Green (2014). “Drinking Midnight Wine”, p.127, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• Sometimes humour is all we have to say the things that can't be said.

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  Sometimes, Said, Humour

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Agents Of Light And Darkness”, p.146, Penguin

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• There has been peace. There will be peace again. But right now, we have work to do.

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  Right Now, Has Beens

  Simon R. Green (2016). “Deathstalker Destiny”, p.288, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• Because nothing makes love and life matter more than the knowledge that some day it must end.

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  Life And Love, Making Love, Matter

  Simon R. Green (2014). “Drinking Midnight Wine”, p.206, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other side. It's just there for when you need it. Dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes, St. Jude's is an old old place... St. Jude's isn't a place for comfort for frills and fancies and the trappings of religion. just a place where you can talk to your god and sometimes get an answer.

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  Usual, Comfort, Saint

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• If you don't trust anyone, they can't let you down.

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  Don't Trust Anyone, Can't Trust Anyone, Don't Trust

  Simon R. Green (2011). “Hellworld”, p.65, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• Wait. You've got principles? We'll have to update your file.

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  Waiting, Principles, Updates

  Simon R. Green (2011). “A Hard Day's Knight”, p.91, Penguin

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• Revenge is simply justice with teeth.

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  Revenge, Justice, Teeth

  Simon R. Green (2012). “The Bride Wore Black Leather”, p.211, Penguin

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• God does so love to make a man break a promise.

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  Men, Promise, Doe

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Something from the Nightside”, p.14, Penguin

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• You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

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  Running, Irony, Sometimes

  Simon R. Green (2007). “The Man With the Golden Torc”, p.196, Penguin

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• Future is like an asshole. Everybody has one.---John Taylor (Nightside Series)

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  Series

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• What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?

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  World, Rogues, Lovers

  Simon R. Green (2009). “Just Another Judgement Day”, p.112, Penguin

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• When you are tired of life, come to Haven. And someone will kill you.

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  Tired, Tired Of Life, Havens

  Simon R. Green (2015). “The Guards of Haven”, p.10, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

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• 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.

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  Running, Dog, Pride

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Something from the Nightside”, p.37, Penguin

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• While the cat's away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity.

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  Cat, May, Rats

  Simon R. Green (2008). “Daemons Are Forever”, p.83, Penguin

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• After all, you’re only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived.

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  Long, Immortal, Manage

  Simon R. Green (2012). “The Bride Wore Black Leather”, p.32, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Reality, Men, Victory

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Something from the Nightside”, p.124, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Dream, Sleep, Dark

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• Are you sure this is a good idea?' whispered the unicorn. 'No,' said Rupert. 'But it's our best chance to find a dragon.' 'Frankly, that doesn't strike me as such a hot idea either,' muttered the unicorn.

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  Dragons, Ideas, Hot

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• Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.

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  Balconies, Tall

  Simon R. Green (2007). “The Man With the Golden Torc”, p.107, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Wall, Graffiti, Usual

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Something from the Nightside”, p.17, Penguin

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