Rusminin

“At 900 Tottenham Road Court lived an aunt of mine--a good old lady who had brought me up by hand and taught me many wholesome lessons in morality, which in my later life have proved of extreme value. Foremost among these I may mention her solemn and oft-repeated injunction never to tell a lie without a definite and specific reason for doing so. Many years' experience in the violation of this principle enables me to speak with authority as to its general soundness.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

“The Guti were a band of mountain barbarians. It's always the way, isn't it? Everything is blamed on 'the barbarians”
― stephen fry, Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music

“This is my emergency kit. It contained a roll of duct tape, a spare pair of pants, an envelope with two hundred dollars, two bags of dried fruit, two packages of beef jerky, three bottles of water, a roll of thick shop towels you see mechanics use, a small metal pipe - just right for cracking a skull with - and a fake beard. Look, you never know.”
― David Wong, John Dies at the End

“It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid,” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out”
― Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves