Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Beth Brower

Quote by Beth Brower

“But love?” She made a face. “It’s an all-encompassing machine, with no parts but the weak human heart. You give everything to it with no promise of security in return.”

Quote by Beth Brower

Book:The Q
Create image

Work

The Q

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Beth Brower

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Beth Brower. more

You May Also Like

“Quincy didn’t look away from Arch’s face, and she felt something burn in her chest, the same overwhelmingly fierce pride she had felt when looking at a perfectly inked Q sheet or an expansion report that exceeded even her high expectations. “You will never lose your passion for truth,” Quincy promised. Arch held his breath a moment, his eyes searching hers. “You say that so confidently.” “You shake with it, Arch,” Quincy said, lifting a shoulder. “I suppose it’s one of your greater virtues.”

FictionFantasyHistorical FictionAlternate Reality
Book:The Q
Create image

“I bet the people living in the timeline where Hillary is president are laughing at us. They’re probably sipping lattes and giggling: “Imagine if Trump had won! Can you even imagine what that clusterfuck would look like?” But even in their wildest dreams they wouldn’t come up with the unimaginable clusterfuck that our timeline is.”

Trump QuotesAlternate HistoryQuotes About TrumpAlternate RealityTrumpvirusTrump Coronavirus QuotesTrump CoronavirusTrump Coronavirus Twitter QuotesClusterfuck
Book:Inside The Mind of an Introvert: Comics, Deep Thoughts and Quotable Quotes
Create image

“[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels between the structure of a conspiracy theory such as QAnon and the structure of popular alternate-reality multiplayer games.”

ManipulationGamingConspiracy TheoryAlternate RealityQanonAlternate Worlds
Book:Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
Create image

“Quincy ducked through a small alleyway between buildings and worked her confident way through the backstreets. The route was abundantly full of refuse bins, forgotten crates, and various laundry, hanging from back windows. Several cats, the local monarchy that Qunicy had long been acquainted with, were granting them passage while sitting atop the maze of half-broken fences. Quincy saluted a black female—the reigning queen—and passed through a slender passage between two buildings, leading them out onto Fair Street and its adjoining park in a manner of minutes.”

FictionFantasyHistorical FictionAlternate Reality
Book:The Q
Create image

“If I owned a volume, I would beg you to print ten thousand copies on your presses and distribute them in the streets of every city in Europe.” “You’d have to show me a way to make a profit from it first,” Quincy responded evenly. “Arch tilted his head and raised an eyebrow, returning to his book as he answered, “I would build an argument so enticing and passionate you couldn’t deny me.”

FictionFantasyHistorical FictionAlternate Reality
Book:The Q
Create image