John G. Hemry

John G. Hemry in 2017

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.

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