Michael McClung QUOTES

4 " Sometimes theft can be as simple and direct as a fist in an unsuspecting face, and sometimes it can be as complex as a military operation. "

― Michael McClung , The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids (Amra Thetys, #1)

6 " I take back all the times I took back all the bad things I said about Kluge,” I said. “He really is a moron.” “Actually, you’ve never taken back anything you said about him,” Jessep informed me. “Well that just goes to show how good a judge of character I am. "

― Michael McClung , The Last God (Amra Thetys)

8 " If’ is a foul, foul word,” I muttered. “Strange I never noticed before. "

― Michael McClung , The Thief Who Wasn't There (Amra Thetys, #4)

10 " I’m as old as dirt and in constant pain. "

― Michael McClung , The Last God (Amra Thetys)

12 " Gods, you must have been a deadly swordsman when you were younger.”
“Come again?”
“It's the only possible explanation for how you made it to a ripe old age. With a mouth such as yours, surely people have been trying to kill you since you were old enough to duel. And yet you're still here.”
“I was fair with a blade. I was better with my brain.”
“Which is why I am here, you cantankerous pustule. I don't expect you to hunt down the murderer yourself. Just look at what evidence has been gathered. See if you can pick out anything the watch might have missed. Then, when you're finished, apologize to my horse. "

― Michael McClung , The Last God (Amra Thetys)

14 " Looking back, I understand now that most of my thoughts had been taken up with day-to-day survival for so long that the old Gar of gambling and flesh mongering had got suffocated, so to speak. He’d offered nothing positive or helpful to the situation I’d found myself in, and had suffered the usual fate of the useless and defenseless in times of disaster. Gar the shitty monk was a fun guy, but you didn’t need someone who had a deep appreciation for wine, gambling and women when your house was burning down; you needed somebody who could run to the well for bucket after bucket. "

― Michael McClung , The Makening (Evil Overlord #1)

16 " A hot flash of anger surged through me. “And there, right there, is why I want nothing to do with Seers. Because for all your signs and portents, however true they might be, you never offer a scrap of useful advice, and you never, ever offer the simplest shred of hope. Fate is a slaver, bloodwitch, and I refuse its chains. "

― Michael McClung , The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids (Amra Thetys, #1)

18 " As for nicknames, you don’t get to choose those. I didn’t choose Goblin Killer and, later, I didn’t choose Pitiless. But I did earn them. "

― Michael McClung , The Makening (Evil Overlord #1)

20 " The guileless are easy meat. "

― Michael McClung , Prayers in Steel (The Skin Walker War, #1)