Jon

“if she had to summon a smile to put out a fire, half the town would burn.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“Monarchy is a bad system because, no matter how smart you are, you can still squirt a moron out of your plumbing. Maybe you get lucky and your son or daughter is at least half as smart as you--what about your grandchild? Probably a knob, and when they inherit the throne, everything you built falls to shyte.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“When listening for danger, one must never mistake silence for safety.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief