Science Fiction Fantasy Quotes

“‎"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly."
"really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?”
― John Connolly, The Gates

“When a prayer doesn’t work, you rephrase it.”
― Misba, The Oldest Dance

“I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal”
― Lynda Williams

“Dust is not a constant. There’s not a fixed quantity that has always been the same. Conscious beings make Dust—they renew it all the time, by thinking and feeling and reflecting, by gaining wisdom and passing it on. And if you help everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and understand about themselves and each other and the way everything works, and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly, and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious…Then they will renew enough to replace what is lost through one window. So there could be one left open.”
― Philip Pullman

“Thank you father, thank you. I know you watched me from above and protected me. I promise I shall serve the Magnarian Confederation with all my body and soul. I shall dedicate myself fully to our confederation, the family that you so loved. And I love it too. I shall protect, love and respect it always. This is my promise and commitment. Thank you”
― Chayada Welljaipet, War Between Two Powerful Nations

“Why women don't have facial hair. God doesn't cover up anything that looks beautiful.”
― Tony Sakalauskas, Planet Search

“You say your ex-girlfriend left you for someone else. In other words, she found a brighter star in the sky.”
― Tony Sakalauskas, Planet Search

“It isn't often one gets the chance to entertain one's great-great-great-grandmother. Sassinak.”
― Anne McCaffrey Elizabeth Moon

“He shuffled to the door and didn’t look back. In his memory she would remain there forever, in her scarlet robe, surrounded by the dusty feathers of dead birds.”
― M.E. Proctor, Elymore: The Savage Crown Series Book 1

“Cubic emotion formed octahedrons
in empty space.”
― Bibiana Krall, Quantum-C

“Death is real. Death is inevitable. Death comes when you're not ready for it. Be ready.”
― Maria Dembouski, Dark Whisperings

“Following a voice that sings only for his ears, the wolf steps from the cold emptiness of a dead world into the bustling street of one that is merely dying fast.”
― Elizabeth Bear, All the Windwracked Stars

“He has outlived two Ragnaroks and a far more human apocalypse. It is time to tear down, shed the husk, leave behind a dead world to see a new world reborn.”
― Elizabeth Bear, All the Windwracked Stars

“She tilted her head back reflexively, drinking deep of the night air tainted by the unwholesome sweetness of the Well, looking upward as if the stars were there to help her bear the pain.”
― Elizabeth Bear, All the Windwracked Stars

“As Ambrielle approached, there were gasps and loud murmurings among the audience as they got their first glimpse of a human. The floor they walked on was like polished mekkadium, smooth and glassy beneath Ambrielle’s sandals. Aradel walked to a place on the floor beside a circle of glowing vaeranite embedded into the marbled floor.”
― J. Kevin Cox, Bewilderness

“Ambrielle stood out in the street for a while, looking up at all the stars in the sky. She reflected on the vastness of the universe, wondering where she fit into it, wondering where she even was in relation to Earth. Was she even in the same galaxy? What if it wasn’t the same galaxy? There were at least billions of them.”
― J. Kevin Cox, Bewilderness

“There were bright stars overhead and an orange glow around the horizon. The silhouettes of hanging frond trees made the realization sink in. Ambrielle was back in the oasis, the oasis in the middle of endless dunes and rock. The lonely desert wilderness she hoped to never see again.”
― J. Kevin Cox, Bewilderness

“There were things that began to roam about in the dark. They were called Nulthereals, the Whisperers. They seemed to be helping the curse. Many of the survivors called to them,” Sidaire said, “pleading with them to restore the plants. Several had simply given up hope they were so crippled by sadness and depression that no one was doing anything practical to try to solve the problem. Everyone stopped caring. The world began to fade into the desert you see now. Then sometime after that, villagers began to mysteriously go missing, one by one.”
― J. Kevin Cox, Bewilderness

“Beyond the grassy field were hundreds of huge skyscrapers, pulsing and glowing with blue and violet lights. The architecture was like nothing she had ever known. The design of the building structures was extremely complex.
The buildings themselves were alive, moving in one way or another. Some structures had layers that rotated independently from the rest. There were other structures with large moving parts on the sides of the buildings or the roof, turning constantly. In some cases, entire buildings were moving. It was like they were all parts of a giant machine.”
― J. Kevin Cox, Bewilderness

“The sounds he had perceived were no more than rogue emotions and memories, echoing from wall to wall.”
― Storm Constantine, Calenture

“This was a station, a limbo-no storehouse, but a refuse heap.”
― Storm Constantine, Calenture

“He experienced a feeling of descent, which became more rapid as time passed, but the fall might also have occurred for an eternity.”
― Storm Constantine, Calenture

“In any war, there are factions: those wanting for peace, those wanting more war for a myriad of reasons, and those whose desires transcend either,”
― Nora Keita Jemisin

“In any war, there are factions: those wanting for peace, those wanting more war for a myriad of reasons, and those whose desires transcend either.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

“Scarlett …” The alarming voice of Nickolas sounded from behind her. This girl was looking for her own execution. As much as he dreaded admitting it they had lost. The rebellion failed many and young people sacrificed their lives for this failure. Scarlett was a victim he was not willing to sacrifice. She only turned to him without saying a word. Her gaze was invincible. He saw literal flames burning in her blue eyes. He recognized the emotion immediately. Scarlett’s eyes were burning with rage! Was he seeing things, or were these actual flames?
“It’s time for this bastard to pay for being such a treacherous ass!” she spoke. With every word, it was as if the fire in her eyes whirled around her pupils like a vortex. She felt her whole body start to burn. The blood in her veins was boiling like never before. Smoke began to emerge from her skin. It hurt her, she felt as if her whole body had set itself on fire. The pain could not be compared to the first time it happened with her palms. She was fighting the urge to scream as loud as she could, but could not afford even the slightest distraction. Nickolas’s life, as well as Chris’, depended on her.
The men around her looked stunned at what was happening. Pratcher realized that nothing had played with his sanity when the soldiers, along with Hammerdell, took a step back after the girl’s body had begun emitting smoke. It was all very real indeed. What the hell was going on?
“Get away from her! She will set herself on fire!” Christopher grabbed the man’s shoulders and pulled him back. He knew what was going to happen. He had seen Scarlett burn her palms, but never her whole body. He was afraid for her! The telekinesis with the jeep was a step away from killing her, and with that burning, her death could be inevitable. There was not enough energy in her body to escape without consequences.
Scarlett did not stop focusing on her anger. She had to maintain it if she wanted to achieve the desired result. The pain was taking over her, she felt exhausted and gave out smoke. Her eyes did not go down from Hammerdell. At first, her hands were ablaze, and fire spread all over her body as if it had been covered with gas. Her clothes became ash. Scarlett remained naked under the tongues of the red flames. She fell to her knees on the pebble track - the fire swirled, and the pain was growing even more intolerable.
“Shoot!” The mayor screamed in a voice full of fear. He had never seen such a thing. What was that hat girl? Definitely not an ordinary person!
Seconds before they pulled the trigger, the guns jumped off from the hands of the soldiers all by themselves. A cone of fire separated from Scarlett and flew towards them, enclosing them in a perfect circle. She sacrificed her last drop of strength to create a fiery dome above them, which trapped her enemies and became a lid from which they could not get away. They burned alive with the last shrieking screams of panic, fear, and despair. It was over. Hammerdell had earned his merit. Now, the rebels could finally rest easy. In pain and exhaustion, she left herself get swallowed by the darkness.”
― I. G. Lilith

“You are wicked," the man told the sky, offering it his flesh. To the sand his bones. To the desert his heart.

The woman ran as fast she could, but it made no difference. She screamed, and her pleading cries of agony reminded the man of the old world of creatures and beasts and beauty, the world he had ruined.

Now the Southern skies were cascading North, clashing with the northern winds like oceanic tidal waves meeting head on. There was nowhere left to run.”
― E.S. Fein, The Process is Love

“My Dolphin Riders Book Series is the first of its kind science fiction ecological blockbuster that brims with explosive action-adventure.”
― Michael J. Ganas

“What people are saying about WAR EAGLES
​5 out of 5 stars!

WW2 with a dash of fantasy!
I really enjoyed stepping back in time as the race for air travel was developing. One could truly feel the passion these pilots and engineers had for these magnificent machines. The twist of stepping back into a land of Vikings and dinosaurs was very well executed.

Well done to both the author and the narrator.
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Reminiscent of Golden Age Sci Fi
This audio book reminded me of some of the 40's and 50's era tales, but what it happens to be is an alternative timeline World War II era fun adventure story. Think of a weird mash-up of a screw-up Captain America wanna-be mixed with the Land of the Lost mixed with Avatar where Hitler is the real villain and you might come close. At any rate, it's load of good fun and non stop action. But don't get distracted for a minute or you'll miss something! There are american pilots, Polish spies, Vikings, giant prehistoric eagles and, of course, Nazis! What more could you ask for to while away an afternoon? Our hero even gets the (Viking) girl! Put your feet up an get lost in what might have been....

4 out of 5 stars!

it's Amelia Earnhart meets WWII
This is not an accurate historical fiction book, but rather an action-packed book set an historical time. I normally listen to my books at a higher speed, however the amount of drama and action in this book I had to slow it down. I like the storyline and the narrator however, the sound effects throughout the book did kind of throw me since I'm not used to that and most audible books. still I would recommend this is a good read.​

5 out of 5 stars!

I Would Like to See this on the Silver Screen
Back in the late 1930s, the director of King Kong started planning War Eagles as his next block buster film. Then World War II intervened and the project languished for decades. It helps to know this background to fully appreciate this novel. It’s a big cinematic adventure waiting to find the screen. The heroes are larger than life, but more importantly, the images are bigger and more vivid than the mighty King Kong who reinvented the silver screen. And what are those images you may ask? Nazis developing super-science weapons for a sneak attack on America, Viking warriors riding gargantuan eagles in a time-forgotten land of dinosaurs, and of course, those same Vikings fighting Nazis over the skyline of New York City.

This book is a heck of a lot of fun. It starts a little bit slow but once the Vikings enter the story it chugs along at a heroic pace. There is a ton of action and colorful confrontations. Narrator William L. Hahn pulls out all the stops adding theatrical sound effects to his wide repertoire of voices which adds a completely appropriate cinematic feel to the entire story. If you’re looking for some genuinely heroic fantasy, you should try War Eagles.

Wonderful story
War Eagles is a really good adventure story.

​5 out of 5 stars!”
― Debbie Bishop, War Eagles

“We gave them everything,” the now drunken man spoke in a splendid stupor, his left foot wobbled below him, and his right foot had acted like an anchor, drilling through the floor.”
― Cedric Ennis, The Secret Academy and the Warden's Wrath

“They can program the streets, the walls, and even the sky, but they cannot code out the human spirit.”
― Y.K.Y. SADEK, Obedience is Happiness: The Promises Of Tomorrow