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1 " A set of huge marble busts stared smugly down from on high: great merchants and financiers of Styrian history, by the look of them. Criminals made heroes by colossal success. "
― Joe Abercrombie , Best Served Cold
2 " I can see the headline now: Archangel Busts Were Whisperer. "
― Stacy Mantle , Shepherd's Moon (The Shepherds, #1)
3 " If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to overreact, to swing from exuberance when things are going well to deep depression when they go wrong. Booms and busts are products, at root, of our emotional volatility. "
― Niall Ferguson
4 " Hermes's eyes twinkled. " Martha, may I have the first package, please?" Martha opened her mouth ... and kept opening it until it was as wide as my arm. She belched out a stainless steel canister-an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top. The sides of the thermos were enameled with red and yellow Ancient Greek scenes-a hero killing a lion; a hero lifting up Cerberus, the three-headed dog." That's Hercules," I said. " But how-" " Never question a gift," Hermes chided. " This is a collector's item from Hercules Busts Heads. The first season." " Hercules Busts Heads?" " Great show." Hermes sighed. " Back before Hephaestus-TV was all reality programming. Of course, the thermos would be worth much more if I had the whole lunch box- "
