# Revisionary

- Author: [Jim C. Hines](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines.md)
- Quotes: 20
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary

## Quotes

> Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.

p. 213 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/judge-not-lest.md)

> “Are you a doctor?”
>
> “Better. I’m a librarian.”

p. 35 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/are-you-a-doctor.md)

> Human ignorance has never needed help.

p. 187 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/human-ignorance-has.md)

> You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.

p. 213 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/you-dont-do-whats.md)

> The nice thing about people like Jellybean Man was that I knew exactly where I stood. There was no subtlety, no subterfuge or second-guessing. It was a refreshing change from talking to politicians.

p. 111 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/the-nice-thing.md)

> “Your fear is all too human. Accept it, but as you walk this path, let your hope guide you.”
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> “And what if hope guides me off the edge of a cliff?”
>
> “I said let hope guide you. I never said stop paying attention to where you’re going.”

p. 281 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/your-fear-is-all.md)

> If there ever comes a day when I deliberately embrace ignorance, I’ll have lived one day too long.

p. 117 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/if-there-ever.md)

> History is the world’s most egotistical gossip.

p. 88 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/history-is-the.md)

> You want to know if it was worth it. I can’t answer that, Isaac. We can know what was, but not what might have been.

p. 187 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/you-want-to-know.md)

> This would be an excellent time for you to shut up.

p. 162 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/this-would-be-an-excellent.md)

> She didn’t argue. That, more than anything else, told me she hadn’t fully recovered from everything she’d been through. A year ago, she would have argued with me on principle, secure in her teenage sense of immortality and invulnerability.

p. 285 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/she-didnt-argue.md)

> “It’s not going to come to that,” I said.
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> “Nobody ever believes it will,” so the driver. “That’s why it does.”

p. 208 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/its-not-going.md)

> Hon, nobody eats fried chicken because it’s good for them.

p. 138 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/hon-nobody-eats.md)

> “Hey, I’m just playing devil’s advocate.”
>
> “Since when did the devil need your help?”

p. 56 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/hey-im-just.md)

> Change is a difficult, often violent process, both for individuals and for whole species. The more rapidly change, the uglier the conflict.

p. 121 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/change-is-a-difficult.md)

> I knew the one thing that truly mattered. I knew it could be done.

p. 123 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/i-knew-the.md)

> “Damn, Boss. See, this is why everyone likes it better when you’re away on your road trips.”
>
> “Don’t call me Boss. Also, staff meeting upstairs in the Wheeler room in 30 minutes.”
>
> “That’s cold, Boss. What did we do to deserve that?”
>
> “Keep it up, and I’ll make you sit through a PowerPoint presentation.”
>
> He raised his hands in surrender. “Cruel and unusual punishment.”

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/damn-boss-see.md)

> Young Isaac had dreamed of fame.
>
> Young Isaac was an idiot.

p. 8 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/young-isaac-had.md)

> “You mean you just let him go?”
>
> “What did you want me to do?” I snapped. “Castrate him on the spot? Execute him?”
>
> “Both. Both is good.”

p. 207 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/you-mean-you.md)

> “That’s…that’s magic.”
>
> “Pretty cool, isn’t it? If I had more time, I’d tell you how it worked.”
>
> “He would,” Lena said. “Even if you ask him to stop.”

p. 26 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/revisionary/thats-thats-magic-pretty.md)