Marek

“Remember how she joked about twenty armed people in the next room?" said Jean with a sigh. He set down the book he'd been reading. "There were twenty armed men in the next room.”
― Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

“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.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“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.”
― Scott Lynch, The Republic of Thieves

“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.”
― Raymond E. Feist, Rage of a Demon King