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> [As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/as-any-war-veteran-will-tell-you-there-is-a-vast-difference-between/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

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> [As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time. You can be told that reading Victor Hugo will sap your will to live, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/as-any-war-veteran-will-tell-you-there-is-a-vast-difference-between-2/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

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## More by Kevin Hearne

> [Whoa. He had ghouls on speed dial. My lawyer kicks so much ass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/whoa-he-had-ghouls-on-speed-dial-my-lawyer-kicks-so-much-ass/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“I bet it’s a universal truth: You eat your pie or go home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/i-bet-it-s-a-universal-truth-you-eat-your-pie-or-go-home/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“Like many silly codes of bravery and manliness, the meat of my father’s instruction on how to die well can be distilled to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/like-many-silly-codes-of-bravery-and-manliness-the-meat-of-my-father/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [Wow you need to get some sun.” “Shut up. I'm Irish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/wow-you-need-to-get-some-sun-shut-up-i-m-irish/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“Hence the reason I encourage you to believe what you wish. The heaven of teh Pastafarians is supposed to have beer volcanoes, which sounds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/hence-the-reason-i-encourage-you-to-believe-what-you-wish-the-heaven/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [Awesome! I'd just bullied Jesus into doing a shot with me. Nobody would ever believe it, but I didn't care. We ordered the insanely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/awesome-i-d-just-bullied-jesus-into-doing-a-shot-with-me-nobody-would/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“I thought for the longest time that chicken-fried steak was steak that had been fried by specially trained chickens,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/i-thought-for-the-longest-time-that-chicken-fried-steak-was-steak/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/when-he-said-to-give-him-the-sword-i-don-t-think-he-meant-for-you-to/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“Oh sweet kraken tits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/oh-sweet-kraken-tits/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“No. See, when you throw up you're vomiting, but when you throw down you're starting a fight, as in throwing down the gauntlet." "Ohhhh,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/no-see-when-you-throw-up-you-re-vomiting-but-when-you-throw-down-you/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“The grin on his face wasn’t the affable, friendly sort; instead, it was the sociopathic rictus of the irretrievably, bug-fuckeringly insane”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/the-grin-on-his-face-wasn-t-the-affable-friendly-sort-instead-it-was/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“What sealed the deal for me was that the cloak wouldn't come off without a generous donation of my tears. Those used to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/what-sealed-the-deal-for-me-was-that-the-cloak-wouldn-t-come-off/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [On a Creep Scale from Hello Kitty to Cthulhu, I award it a Freddy Krueger. Granuaile MacTiernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/on-a-creep-scale-from-hello-kitty-to-cthulhu-i-award-it-a-freddy/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“So this means you're spoiling me right?" Can't Help it. You're the best hound ever. Oberon's tail thumped a few times and his mouth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/so-this-means-you-re-spoiling-me-right-can-t-help-it-you-re-the-best/)

[Kevin Hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

> [“Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune!" I cried with all the venom of Charlton Heston. Oberon asked. "It's a Shakespearean word for whore." ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hearne/out-out-thou-strumpet-fortune-i-cried-with-all-the-venom-of-charlton/)

[kevin hearne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hearne/)

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