Quotes by Glen Cook

“Were coordinating with local churches to deliver this stuff and get it out to people who need it.”

“There area lot of people interested in sending items down. Some people are worried about giving to the Salvation Army or the Red Cross because they cant see where its going. Were documenting this so we can show them where its going.”

“We just didnt catch the football like we should have caught it. Weve got to get better at that. Weve got a guy who does a great job throwing the football.”

“A lot of great young athletes out here on this field tonight, both sides.”

“Im proud of our guys. I think theyre coming around. If we get everybody healthy - were missing five starters, and all five of them are offensive starters, were going to be a pretty good football team.”

“Theres a big difference between a football program and a football team. When you get to (A.L. Browns) level, youve got a good football program.”

“We kept bending a little bit, but we never broke. And that was the key, giving a little bit but not giving it all.”

“We hit the ball pretty well, but in the last inning we started taking pitches again with men in scoring position. It had been a week since we played, and we showed it.”

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesnt get.

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because youre glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.

No religion I ever encountered made any sense. None are consistent. Most gods are megalomaniacs and paranoid psychotics by their worshippers description. I dont see how they could survive their own insanity. But its not impossible that human beings are incapable of interpreting a power so much greater than themselves. Maybe religions are twisted and perverted shadows of truth. Maybe there are forces which shape the world. I myself have never understood why, in a universe so vast, a god would care about something so trivial as worship or human destiny.

Nevertheless, four hours after dawn they began dying for their cause.

Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.

Im a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

Write. Dont talk about writing. Dont tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Dont give me a bunch of somedays. Plant your ass and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all it will leak out despite your failure to pay attention in Eng

Ones own yesterday is a ghost that will not be laid down.

More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.

Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.

There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.