37 Quotes by John Shirley

No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan

When you serve a beer-cock an ear.

If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

But this was Stormland. There was always another front coming remorselessly at the coast. A Category Four was coming from the mid-Atlantic, angling to cross their northward flight path. The Butcher Bird should be turned inland to try to dodge the worst of it. But NoelLeuman had insisted they stay on this course. Leuman was a stormrider.

On the surface," said the deep voice of Andrew Ryan booming from hidden speakers, "The farmer tills the soil, trading the strength off his arm for a land of his own. But the parasites say, 'No! What is yours is ours! We are the state; we are God; we demand our share!

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

I call attention to the dark side maybe a little bit for mutual catharsis but also to try to paint the universe as it is - both sides of it.

I am more conservative now, in some ways - but I'm not a conservative. I'm just in favor of order (intelligent and tolerant order though) over chaos now. I think this is wisdom and not decay.