Hubert

“Men love a woman who doesn’t seem to give a damn, so long as she’s handsome. We also love a happy woman, so long as she’s fair, or a sad pretty one, or an angry girleen with a good face. You see how this works.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“Our cellmate stared over his gathered knees at the far wall, drunk as a pickled fish, bony in that old-man way, like he’s easing into his coming skeletonhood.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“Funny, the thing that hooks you. It’s not always the eyes or the wifely parts; sometimes it’s just the curve of a well-made arm against dark oak.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief

“We did find fresh water; rainfall had collected in a sort of rock bowl not too far from a gnarled tree. It was a bit mucky, which the embarrassed harpooner was more than eager to point out, but Norrigal assured us it would serve if we could find something to boil it in. I couldn’t restrain myself from saying, “Of course, those of us who prefer drinking urine are under no obligation to stop.” That earned me a loveless sideways glance from old Gormalin, but Norrigal’s snort more than made up for that.”
― Christopher Buehlman, The Blacktongue Thief