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The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2) QUOTES

The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2) QUOTES

1 " He said, 'They're only whores,' as though their very availability rendered them worthless. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

2 " I do not make the rules [. . .] This annoys me, and so I comfort myself by breaking them "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

3 " although he was at core a rotten being, no one could fault him for style. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

4 " I let the insults go by. A good swordsman doesn't pay attention to words in a fight. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

5 " Have you seen Marcus?" he asked his ugly friend.
"Yes, he was stoping some people in the Violet Room from climbing the curtains."
"What for?"
"They were not professionals."
"Oh. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

6 " Maybe someone would write a play just for me, one where a real woman could fight with her sword, and had many fine adventures and changes of costume. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)

7 " I could make it not matter. "

― Ellen Kushner , The Privilege of the Sword (Riverside, #2)