Melanie

“You know, I don't believe they noticed I had murdered them. I really don't. They just seemed faintly put out, as if it were a bit of bad luck, an act of God. 'Oh, my carotid artery has been severed with an open razor. I knew I should have cut down on greasy foods.' 'Botheration, I'm being belaboured with a fourteenth-century battleaxe. What are the odds, eh?”
― Jonathan L. Howard, Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

“The lesson seemed to be twofold: do not anger the gods, but if you must, at least make sure your city isn't next to a lake, as that's just asking for trouble.”
― Jonathan L. Howard, The Fear Institute

“Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Even Ayar's back tells the right time twice a day, and it was my turn to be right.”
― Genevieve Valentine, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti