“Hamish shrugged. “It’s all pretty cool and impressive … if you never saw fucking Jurassic Park.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“If dragons were real, then in all likelihood they were not graceful, high-chested, noble creatures; rather they would have been dirty, ugly, reptilian and mean.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Holy shit, she thought. The dragons are throwing cars at me!”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“The airliner-sized dragon blew apart in a monumental spray of blood and pulp. Great chunks of flesh the size of boulders rained down from the sky.
“The empire is striking back,” Ambassador Syme observed, peering out the window beside CJ.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Fairytales cleanse and sanitise what were once true stories. In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour—when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“A monster movie is only as good as the monster in it.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Over twenty men died during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, Dr Lynch. Does anyone regret that? No, all anyone sees is a marvel of its time, a great achievement in human ingenuity.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Are you a doctor?” Li said.
“I’m better than that. I’m a vet. Vets do everything: brain surgery, heart surgery, lab analysis, dislocations –”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Come not between the dragon and his wrath. —William Shakespeare King Lear”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Yo. Salt-and-Pepper. The name is Go-Go or Mr Go-Go, okay?”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. —J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1937)”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Myths arise from actual events, remarkable events that get talked about precisely because they are remarkable and which then get embellished in the retelling.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“When the President asks you to do something, you’d be surprised how keen you are to oblige,” Syme said.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“German-made Heckler & Koch MP-7 submachine guns with special compact M40 grenade launchers under the barrels.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour—when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“The myth of the dragon is a very peculiar one, precisely because it is a truly global myth. Giant serpents appear in mythologies from all over the world: China, Scandinavia, Greece, Persia, Germany, Central America, the United Kingdom, even Africa. There is no discernible reason for this. How could the myth of a large serpentine creature be so consistent across the ancient world? From: Dragons in History by Eleanor Lock (Border Press, London, 1999)”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Sometimes you had to make the animals perform.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“The Legend of the Dragon Fairytales cleanse and sanitise what were once true stories. In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour—when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses. If dragons were real, then in all likelihood they were not graceful, high-chested, noble creatures; rather they would have been dirty, ugly, reptilian and mean. From: The Power of Myth by Craig Ferguson (Momentum, Sydney, 2013)”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“A limitless supply of cheap labor might build you a new city every year, but it ultimately just makes you the factory floor for other countries’ companies.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“Dragons in History by Eleanor Lock (Border Press, London, 1999)”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself. —Friedrich Nietzsche”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
“The zoo’s “image consultants” from New York had been very clear about this: establish your believability first, then go tabloid.”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Great Zoo of China
Matthew Reilly
Born place: in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born date July 2, 1974
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“My gast was pretty well flabbered.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Ghost Story
“As I went to stand up, I felt a tiny point of pressure on my back.
"Don't move," Kasey whispered.
I stayed bent over.
"Drop the knife," she said.
"Excuse me, I'm using it," I said.
She swallowed hard. "For what?"
"Mom and Dad. You."
The pressure on my back increased. "Drop it, Alexis."
Drop it? Like I was a bad dog running around with a sock in my mouth.
"How long will this take?" I asked, setting the knife on the floor. "I'm in the middle of something."
Get in the bathroom," she said.
The faster I indulged her, the faster it would be over with. So I walked into the bathroom. She followed, kicking the knife toward the end of the hallway and flipping on the bathroom light.
"What's this all about, Kasey?" I asked, turning around. At the sight of my face, she gasped, and the point of the fireplace poker she was holding wavered in her hands. I realized a second too late that I'd missed my chance to grab it and smash it into the side of her head.
"What's happening to you?" she whispered.
I glanced in the mirror. The darkness had begun to spread from my mouth and eyes. It leached out in inky puddles with thin tendrils of black snaking out in delicate feathery patterns.
What's happening to me? What was she talking about?
"So you have a pointy stick," I said. "Big deal. get out of my way."
"What are you going to do?" I sneered.
"Poke me?"
'I'll hit you, Lexi." Her face was stony. "As hard as I have to."
Whatever. I'm really not in the mood.
"Can we talk about this in the morning?" I asked. After I kill you?
"No," her eyes hardened. "Get your toothbrush."
"What?"
"Pick up your toothbrush, and stick it down your throat."
"Kasey-"
"Do it," she said.
"Ugh, fine. You're sick, you know that?"
"Get in the tub."
"Happy?"
I stuck the toothbrush into my throat. Instantly, I gagged and doubled over.
"Do it again," she said.
"God Kasey," I cried. Stabbing people was one thing. But making them barf- that was just disturbing.”
― Katie Alender, quote from From Bad to Cursed
“The only one disappointed by the ease of entry was the team’s explosives and demolitions expert. “Aw, man,” Kowalski groused. “I was all set to blow some crap up.”
― James Rollins, quote from Bloodline
“As the music played over the speakers and the waterfall in the pool filled the silence around us, I knew that, without a doubt, I had just been ruined.”
― Abbi Glines, quote from Misbehaving
“You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.”
― Michael Crichton, quote from Next
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