“Excellent,' said one of the Sanzas. "Soon he'll be fat, and we can butcher him like all the others for a Penance Day roast."
"What my brother means to say," said the other twin, "is that all the others died of purely natural causes, and you have nothing to fear from us. Now have some more bread.”
― The Republic of Thieves
"What my brother means to say," said the other twin, "is that all the others died of purely natural causes, and you have nothing to fear from us. Now have some more bread.”
― The Republic of Thieves
“Of course we’ll be there.” After Amos left, Ghuda shook his head. In a sour tone he muttered, “Why are we going to Crydee, Ghuda? I haven’t the vaguest idea, Ghuda. Shall we go find Nakor, Ghuda? Certainly, Ghuda. Then shall we strangle him, Ghuda?” With a single nod of his head, he answered himself, “With great delight, Ghuda.”
― The King's Buccaneer
― The King's Buccaneer
“It is the face of my soul.” “Christ! what a thing I must have worshipped! It has the eyes of a devil.” “Each of us has heaven and hell in him, Basil,” cried Dorian with a wild gesture of despair.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“All right, M-Bot," I said. "We have a problem. We might need to hijack that entire carrier ship."
"Excellent," M-Bot said. "Would you like your corpse cremated or ejected into space?”
― Starsight
"Excellent," M-Bot said. "Would you like your corpse cremated or ejected into space?”
― Starsight
“Hello, Daddy,” said the woman. “It’s been a while.” Pug turned, his face showing surprise. Nakor laughed as he echoed, “‘Daddy’?” Macros the Black, sorcerer of legend, glanced from Pug to Miranda and said, “We need to talk.” He took a deep breath and said, “I think I’ve regained my composure.”“Good,” said Miranda, “because we’re about to hand you another shock.” Macros paused and seemed to brace himself. “All right, what is it?”“It’s Mother,” answered Miranda. “She’s trying to destroy the world.” Even Nakor could barely contain his astonishment at that remark. Finally Macros said, “I need a drink.”
― Rage of a Demon King
― Rage of a Demon King
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