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Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12) QUOTES

Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12) QUOTES

1 " There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always someone at a desk, except when it's a table that functions as a desk. You sit behind a desk, and everyone knows you're supposed to be there, and that you're doing something that involves your brain. It's an odd, special kind of importance. I think everyone should get a desk; you can sit behind it when you feel like you don't matter. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

2 " Your job is to find better ideas, mine is to cut holes in the ones you have, and you've already done that pretty well. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

3 " A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

4 " I have a clever and devious plan. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

5 " Can you be serious for two words?"

"Not without effort. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

6 " Q: The Witness is reminded that she may be held in contempt.
A: The feeling is mutual. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

7 " I have something to tell you."

"How, you have something to tell me?"

"You have understood me exactly."

"Well, I am listening."

"Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you?"

"Yes, that is it. I am listening, and therefore I wish you to tell me."

"Shall I tell you now?"

"No. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

8 " He got up and walked out, so I missed seeing the powerful sorcerer doing his powerful sorcery, which would have involved him closing his eyes and then, I don't know, maybe taking a deep breath or something. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

9 " What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

10 " I suggested that my patron goddess should take sensual pleasure, though I didn't put it quite in those terms. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

11 " It's just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

12 " But we’re assassins: when we make mistakes, people live "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

13 " You're stubborn, Vlad."

"Is that a compliment? "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

14 " Those are good questions. I recognize good questions, because I can come up with them myself. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

15 " There’s nothing to tell.” I gave her a brief discussion of fertilizer. She seemed unimpressed with my agricultural expertise. “Believe what you like,” she said. It was good to have permission, but I resisted telling her so. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

16 " When you stop being surprised, you’ve stopped living. "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)

17 " It isn’t that they’re ungrateful.” “I know. It’s just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing.” She nodded. “And this job is all about making everyone else do the rescuing. Which is why you’re here right now.” “You want me to rescue someone? "

― Steven Brust , Iorich (Vlad Taltos, #12)