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1 " But that's precisely how stupidity flourishes; in bunches, in fast-growing weeds that choke delicately nurtured knowledge. "
― Sam Sykes , Shy Knives (Pathfinder Tales)
2 " NononononoNONONONONONONONO- "
― Sam Sykes , Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)
3 " The first lie we're ever told is that we're better than beasts. "
4 " Now, it’s certainly not true for *every* woman, but the ones I have had the good fortune to know in my life have all followed this rule.If you need a favor, you bring her flowers.If you need her forgiveness, you bring her jewelry.And if you need both, you bring her a book. "
― Sam Sykes , Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)
5 " See, to appreciate a woman you have to appreciate a woman’s right to change. And to appreciate a woman’s right to change, you have to realize that she’ll do it with maddening frequency, usually just to confuse you so that you’ll never see her coming when she decides to rip your throat out and drink your blood. "
― Sam Sykes , The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven, #1)
6 " Half-drunken poetry is the most honest kind of poetry. Too slurred to be eloquent, not slurred enough to be witless. "
7 " How can you be so sure?” Lenk asked. “That there’s no plan?” “Because,” Mocca said as he eyed the bottle, “I can’t imagine any God would be boring enough to want to know how everything ends. "
8 " Courageous read a lot of books. That’s probably why he was so angry all the time. "
9 " People were noisome, demanding, judgmental. Books gave everything and asked nothing more than to be taken care of. "
10 " No one ever gets the death they want,” I replied. “Just the one they deserve. "
11 " Buy my book. "
― Sam Sykes
12 " Regardless, my most horrific discovery has been that society is nothing more than a series of carefully calculated choices based solely around economics. "
― Sam Sykes , Black Halo (Aeons' Gate, #2)
13 " Just because something is religious does not necessarily make it insane.” She studied the writing and hummed. “Though this particular something is decidedly fucking nuts. "
14 " Because justice isn’t for the victim, is it? It’s not for the girl crying every night or the boy burying his father. It’s for the killer, it’s for the judge, it’s for the shits like you who want to feel like you’re above it all, like forgiving a killer makes up for not being able to protect his victims.” I spat on the floor. “A man kills and you fawn over him and wonder what went wrong. A man dies and you shrug and step over the corpse. "
15 " The best defense to inquiry was semi-coherent rants and accusations. "
16 " While violence was almost certainly the solution, Lenk knew he needed to apply it selectively. "
17 " Crime and religion are the only two things that people are willing to both die for and kill over. "
― Sam Sykes , An Affinity for Steel: The Aeon's Gate Omnibus
18 " You wear ignorance like a crown as you feast upon a thickheaded fantasy of lies, "
19 " Professionals knew that the most dangerous men in the world were accountants. "
20 " Hold that thought. This sounds like the kind of conversation I’ll need pants for.” It "
