John G. Hemry

John G. Hemry (LCDR, USN ret.; born April 14, 1956), is an American author of military science fiction, as well as fantasy. Most of his works have been published under the nom de plume Jack Campbell.

John G. Hemry in 2017

Quotes

The Pillars of Reality

The Dragons of Dorcastle (2015)

No page numbers, as all quotes are from the e-book edition published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, ISBN 978-1-62567-119-6

Italics as in the book

• It’s like forbidding horses to learn algebra. What’s the point?
  • Chapter 9

• Sometimes denying reality is all that keeps a person going, isn’t it?
  • Chapter 10

• He may be a Mage, but he’s also a guy, so he has to have plenty of stuff wrong with him.
  • Chapter 12

• “Should we tell them about these abrasions, or do they already know everything that needs to be known?”
  The other Mechanic rolled his eyes. “You know the type, I guess. Go through the motions of researching the problem when they’ve already decided what the problem is and what they’re going to do.”
  “I usually end up having problems with Mechanics like that.”
  “Don’t we all.”
  • Chapter 12

• How did the other Mechanics miss this? Or maybe they didn’t. Maybe they chose to miss it. Maybe they didn’t see anything that didn’t match their own predetermined theories.
  • Chapter 12

• Perhaps that is the only wisdom there really is, young Mage: that our choices matter.
  • Chapter 13

• The hardest part of being in my Guild is having so many rules and restrictions and people telling me what to do. Some of the rules make sense. You can see why they’re necessary. But a lot of other rules feel like they’re just there because someone wanted to control Mechanics who were lower in rank.
  • Chapter 14

The Hidden Masters of Marandur (2015)

No page numbers, as all quotes are from the e-book edition published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, ISBN 978-1-625671-32-5

• “We really have to work on your social skills.”
  “What are social skills?”
  “They’re…um…how people avoid saying what they really think.”
  • Chapter 5

• “It does not appear to be too difficult,” Alain agreed. “But I remember being cautioned that maps carry their own illusions, often making appear simple a journey which is actually far more difficult in practice.”
  • Chapter 7

• I believe that we are given choices, places where decisions may be made to walk one road or another. We do not know what provides these choices, but we may call it destiny to give a name to that which is unknowable. Destiny offers the choices, but we choose the road.
  • Chapter 8

• I’m not one of those fools who think that by ignoring reality you can make it go away.
  • Chapter 12

• Maybe what this world needs is someone who won’t do whatever they think is necessary to make things be the way they want.
  • Chapter 12

• Those who study legends never expect to actually meet one.
  • Chapter 17