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“Always hit where the mark isn't looking."
"Who's Mark?" asked Wylan
Jesper burst out laughing. "Oh, Saints,you are something. The mark, the pigeon,the cosy, the fool you're looking to fleece."
Wylan drew himself up. "I may have not had your... education, but I'm sure I know plenty of words you don't."
"Also the proper way to fold a napkin and dance a minuet. Oh, and you can play the flute. Mareketable skills, merchling. Marketable skills.
"No one dances the minuet anymore." Grumbled Wylan,”
― Six of Crows
"Who's Mark?" asked Wylan
Jesper burst out laughing. "Oh, Saints,you are something. The mark, the pigeon,the cosy, the fool you're looking to fleece."
Wylan drew himself up. "I may have not had your... education, but I'm sure I know plenty of words you don't."
"Also the proper way to fold a napkin and dance a minuet. Oh, and you can play the flute. Mareketable skills, merchling. Marketable skills.
"No one dances the minuet anymore." Grumbled Wylan,”
― Six of Crows
“We were all supposed to make it,” said Wylan softly.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“He was here because he desperately needed the money. And if there was another reason, a tall, lanky reason with a too-strong taste for games of chance, he wasn’t going to think about that right now.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“Is that—?" asked Wylan.
"Scheming face?" said Jesper.
Matthias nodded. "Definitely.”
― Crooked Kingdom
"Scheming face?" said Jesper.
Matthias nodded. "Definitely.”
― Crooked Kingdom
“I used to meet with one of my tutors here, back when my father still thought . . . The tutor had a lot of interesting stories. And I always liked the maps. Tracing the letters sometimes made it easier to . . . It's how I found the passage.
"You know, Wylan, one of these days I'm going to stop underestimating you."
There was a brief pause and then, somewhere ahead, he heard Wylan say, "Then you're going to be a lot harder to surprise.”
― Crooked Kingdom
"You know, Wylan, one of these days I'm going to stop underestimating you."
There was a brief pause and then, somewhere ahead, he heard Wylan say, "Then you're going to be a lot harder to surprise.”
― Crooked Kingdom
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