Steven BrustA young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be. ✨ Steven Brust (2003). The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha, p.83, Macmillan373DeathReading
Steven BrustWhat's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time. ✨ Steven Brust (2010). Iorich, p.191, Macmillan363Time
Steven BrustMinneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.344Truth
Steven BrustPlan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan. ✨ Steven Brust (2010). Dzur, p.75, Macmillan356Thought
Steven BrustThe struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest. ✨ Steven … ▶357Life
Steven BrustYou can't put something together again unless you've torn it apart first.303Politics
Steven BrustEverybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do. ✨ Steven Brust (2002). Issola, p.201, Macmillan293Death
Steven BrustDo you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?359PoliticsThought
Steven BrustIt is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good. 359ThoughtTime
Steven BrustOne nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's… ▶349Politics
Steven BrustI'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want. ✨ Steven Brust (2011). Tiassa, p.128, Macmillan316Humanity
Steven BrustI’ve heard it said: ‘By his home you shall know him’; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the subject and auxiliary verb in his sentence.295Death
Steven BrustThe tools are real. The viewer is real, you, the artist, is real and a part of everything you paint. You connect yourself to the viewer by sharing something that is inside of you … ▶251Sadness
Steven BrustWhy do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble. ✨ Steven Brust (2011… ▶251Thought
Steven BrustDon't explain why it works; explain how you use it.274Truth
Steven BrustThere is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.274Time
Steven BrustAlways speak politely to an enraged Dragon. ✨ Steven Brust (1999). The Book of Jhereg, p.67, Penguin285Reading
Steven BrustI have something to tell you. How, you have something to tell me? You have understood me exactly. Well, I am listening. Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you? Yes, that is it. … ▶329Death
Steven BrustAll literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool. ✨ Steven Brust (… ▶264DeathReadingThought
Steven BrustThe others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from… ▶3110Truth
Steven BrustOne man's mistake is another man's opportunity. ✨ Steven Brust (1999). The Book of Jhereg, p.97, Penguin309Reading
Steven BrustHe got up and walked out, so I missed seeing the powerful sorcerer doing his powerful sorcery, which would have involved him closing his eyes and then, I don't know, maybe taking … ▶276Politics
Steven BrustI guess there's just a time for doing dumb things. ✨ Steven Brust (1987). Yendi, Ace Books245ReadingTime
Steven BrustMost people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I'm not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior. ✨ Steven Brust (2008). Jhegaala, p.2… ▶212Humanity
Steven BrustBecause here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world of here and now one is writing about. The… ▶279Politics
Steven BrustTo seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never … ▶269DeathReading
Steven BrustThere are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures. 237DeathHumanityReading
Steven BrustYou have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could do nothing. But that is because your suffering has caused you to ph… ▶205DeathReading
Steven BrustThe novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff. ✨ Steven Brust (2003). The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the … ▶227DeathReading
Steven BrustCan you be serious for two words? Not without effort.161Thought
