# Ariel

- Author: [Steven R. Boyett](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett.md)
- Quotes: 15
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel

## Quotes

> “‘Different laws of physics,’” said Ariel, “and ‘supernatural’ seem synonymous to me.”

p. 47 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/different-laws-of-physics.md)

> Nothing’s worth living for if there aren’t things you think are worth dying for.

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/nothings-worth-living.md)

> “The National Hot Air Museum is just down the road a piece,” he added. “Better known by its branch names: the Capitol and the White House.”

p. 311 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/the-national-hot.md)

> Innocence is in many ways ignorance.

p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/innocence-is-in-many.md)

> Don’t go looking for adventure; you might find it.

p. 194 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/dont-go-looking.md)

> Tip: utopian and floral town names are inversely proportional to their hellholishness.

p. 394 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/tip-utopian-and.md)

> I don’t think I believe Evil exists. I believe selfishness does.

p. 410 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/i-dont-think.md)

> The end of the world turned out to be something I preferred to fantasize about rather than experience.

p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/the-end-of-the.md)

> You had to be a virgin to touch a unicorn...
>
> A flush crept up my neck. Okay, so I’d touched her. Being a virgin had some advantages after all. Hooray.

p. 9 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/you-had-to.md)

> Language is a biggie, too. I utterly loathe fantasy novels in which characters stride thusly up yon hill. Walk up the damned thing, for the love of god. This Renaissance Faire lily-gilding has damaged the veracity of contemporary fantasy more than any single quality I can think of (though arguably the inability of many fantasy [and science fiction] writers to have the perspective to see how often they engage in what Freud called “projection” may be an equal culprit in the self-ghettoization of fantasy and science fiction as literary forms).

p. 402 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/language-is-a-biggie.md)

> The Boyett Style Guide: (a) anything worth doing is worth overdoing (I can’t write a check if it isn’t in iambic pentameter); (b) anything worth saying is worth saying three times; (c) leave no literary stone unturned; (d) fill all cracks, paint all surfaces, and illuminate all dark corners; and (e) whenever two or more metaphors are suitable, use them all. I never metaphor I didn’t like.

p. 399 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/the-boyett-style.md)

> “But we’ve got to be quiet. Understand?”
>
> “I know how to be quiet. Even girls can do it, under pressure.”

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/but-weve-got.md)

> Change implies cause, and cause implies source. Things don’t just happen.

p. 47 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/change-implies-cause.md)

> A difference which makes no difference is no difference.

p. 47 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/a-difference-which.md)

> Life goes on, yes, and our capacity for self-deception accompanies it.

p. 388 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-r-boyett/ariel/life-goes-on-yes.md)