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61 " Surely you realize,” said Patience, “that cats are no great respecters of human opinion. "
― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)
62 " His remorse and better judgment arrived, late as usual, like party guests riding in just after the social disaster of the season has already erupted. "
63 " Said the reeve to the maid who was fresh to the farm'Let me show you the beasts of the yard!' Here's a cow that gives milk, and a pig that's for hamHere's a cur and a goat and a lamb;Here's a horse tall and proud, and a well-trained old hawk,But the thing you should see is this excellent cock! "
64 " You’re a difficult woman, Sabetha. But then, difficult women are the only ones worth falling in love with. "
65 " I have only two wishes," said Jean. "The first is for strong coffee, and the second is for stronger coffee. "
66 " Sad day, my loves, a proper tragedy. But when the milk’s gone bad you might as well look forward to cheese, hmm? "
67 " Not everything that’s inevitable is regrettable. "
68 " If you're going to live here, staying civil is as much a duty as sitting the steps or washing dishes. Now, while I bask in the glow of another moral sermon delivered with the precision of a master fencer, hold your applause and let's get back to last night. "
69 " It’s easy to prescribe remedies for our own weaknesses when they’re comfortably ensconced in other people. "
70 " Manners that would keep you starving are no manners worth respecting. "
71 " Damn it, when will you learn that refusing to admit you’ve lost isn’t the same as winning?” “Sort of depends on how long one keeps refusing, doesn’t it? "
72 " Are you smarter than my chicken?” cried a weathered, wild-haired woman holding a nonplussed bird over her head. At her feet was a wooden board covered with numbers and arcane symbols. “Lay your bets! Test your wits against a trained fowl! One coppin a try! Are you smarter than my chicken? You might be in for a surprise! "
73 " What do you think of the old boy?” said Jean. “He’s got a strangely sunny view of ten years of defeat,” said Locke, “but if I get killed in the next six weeks, I want him to speak at my funeral. "
74 " Butterflies instantly came to life in his stomach, and the little bastards were heavily armed. "
75 " I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money. "
76 " Heavens,” said Galdo in a deep, dramatic voice, “only one man living could have squeezed forth such a gleaming brown jewel—this is the work of Squatting Calo, the Midnight Shitter! "
77 " Blessed is the one who aids a thief, hides a thief, revenges a thief, and remembers a thief, for they shall inherit the night. "
78 " After all, poison is only contagious at dinner parties. "
79 " Why were all his fantasies so calamitous for that table, which had done him no injury? "
80 " Locke drew in a rasping breath to spew some more damn fool craziness. Jean, with the reflexes that kept him alive when blades were drawn, clamped a hand over Locke’s mouth before he could speak and pushed his head back down against his pillow. “I can’t agree to anything on Locke’s behalf, but I want us to hear your proposal. Tell us what the job is.” “It’s political,” said Patience. “Mmmmph mmph,” said Locke, struggling in vain against Jean’s arm. “Mmmph fckhnnng fmmmph!” “He wants to hear more,” said Jean. “He says he’s very excited to hear the whole thing. "