K.J. Parker
K.J. Parker is a pseudonym for Tom Holt.
According to the biographical notes in some of Parker's books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker was raised in rural Vermont, a lifestyle which influenced Parker's work.
“Obviously, there’s no way of making money that doesn’t hurt somebody somewhere, but there are degrees of scale and immediacy. A merchant prince or a banker or a wealthy landowner isn’t generally required to take responsibility for the people he cheats, screws and starves; society couldn’t function if that were the case.”
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“The world is full of annoyances, none more infuriating than a fool with a valid point.”
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“It`s remarkable the truly stupid things people can do because it`s expected of them, or they think it`s expected of them.”
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“The quickest way to a man`s heart,' said the instructor, 'is proverbially through his stomach. But if you want to get into his brain, I recommend the eye-socket.”
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“Age is irrelevant where two people have deep, sincere feelings for each other.”
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“When you come to rely on the written word, it's time to light the fire with it.”
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“A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing.”
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“It never ceases to amaze me how adaptable social geometry can be. Within a couple of days I went from being the centre of the circle to an indefinite point outside its circumference.”
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“It's sheer spitefulness to allow mortals to love because everybody dies but the love they cause to be in others doesn't die with them. Therefore love is the cause of the greatest sorrow therefore love is the greatest evil.”
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“I’d finally given her what she wanted,the elixir of eternal youth, effected by the removal of her internal fire (thecatalyst of change) through the agency of death.”
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“There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.”
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“But how do we know it's really you? I mean, I could put a saucepan on my head and call myself the God of Boiled Dumplings; wouldn't mean I was telling the truth.”
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“Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.”
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“War is an admission of failure”
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“Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.”
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“If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?”
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“A quiet life," Stheno replied. "You wouldn't think it was a lot to ask.”
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