Today, 10 quotes from Laurence Sterne, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Born on this date in 1713.
Go poor Devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? — This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
We are born to trouble; and we may depend upon it, whilst we live in this world, we shall have it, though with intermissions.
Chance is the providence of adventurers.
For I begin with writing the first sentence, — and trusting to Almighty God for the second.
People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.
A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad.
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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