Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle

“I dare not kill you. But I can break more bones, and you will walk sideways like a crab.”
― Jack Vance, Demon Princes

“I don't know nothing for sure, except water runs downhill and I gotta pay my rent.”
― Jack Vance, The Man in the Cage

“The woman behind the bar called out: ‘Why do you stand like hypnotized fish? Did you come to drink beer or to eat food?’

‘Be patient,’ said Gersen. ‘We are making our decision.’

The remark annoyed the woman. Her voice took on a coarse edge. “Be patient,’ you say? All night I pour beer for crapulous men; isn’t that patience enough? Come over here, backwards; I’ll put this spigot somewhere amazing, at full gush, and then we’ll discover who calls for patience!”
― Jack Vance, The Face

“Uncertainty hurts more than ignorance.”
― Jack Vance, Demon Princes