Quotes by Jim C. Hines

“I’ve said for years — ever since I figured out how to write Goblin Hero — that it’s important to give yourself permission to write crap. Perfection is the destroyer of art. It’s paralyzing. Art, wh...”

“Some people would say it's a bad idea to bring a fire-spider into a public library. Those people would probably be right, but it was better than leaving him alone in the house for nine hours straig...”

“But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to e...”

“...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.”

“A wizard am I, whom many dread,With power like a God.So come with me to yonder bed,And see my mighty rod.”

“The most difficult part was letting yourself ignore the lies your eyes told. Eyes were like children. If they had nothing to say, they made things up.”

“Earthmaker sounds like a useful person to have around, Jig said.Aye. He’s one who rewards his followers. Over a hundred years I’ve offered up my sacrifices and prayed to him for guidance. Far be it...”

“Goblins didn’t pray. They had no use for gods, a disinterest matched only by the gods’ disdain for goblins.”

“Better the lesser of two oddities.”

“Logically, Jig knew he was safe. Logic, however, had only a single small voice, and was easily overwhelmed by panic.”

“Everywhere I go, I meet men like him, Riana muttered. Follow them into Straum’s lair or let them toss me into the dungeons. They offer you a choice between hells and expect you to thank them for it.”

“Madmen in the noble line are as common as rat turds in the grain shed.”

“He hoped he hadn’t killed the guard. He had come here to help the goblins. Though eliminating some of the stupider guards might be construed as helping. He would have to think about that later.”

“Plans were for adventurers. He preferred the goblin approach. Blind panic might not work all the time, but at least it saved you the stress of planning.”

“Unfortunately for you, ignorance makes a poor shield.”

“He seemed to think that killing was something to be done only as a last resort. It was a strange philosophy, one that would take some getting used to.”

“Despite common belief, the goblin language did include a word for trust. It was derived from the word for trustworthy, which in the goblin tongue, was the same as the word for dead.”

“No night is so dark, no situation so dire, but the intervention of the gods cannot make it worse.”

“What do I do?Tymalous Shadowstar didn’t answer.Hello? A little help would be nice. Still nothing. It figured. There was never a god around when you needed one.”

“The difference between a Hero and an ordinary man is that when the ordinary man comes upon a flaming death swamp full of venomous dragon snakes, he turns around and goes home. The Hero strips down ...”