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“Mistake not stupidity for courage. Do not be fear's slave, but its friend. Look. Think. Then act."
'"Don't be a dumb fuck," I murmured.”
― Empire of the Vampire
'"Don't be a dumb fuck," I murmured.”
― Empire of the Vampire
“It is my empress's will to know the whole of your tale.'
Gabriel reached into his battered britches, fished about under the monster's stare. Finally, he retrieved a tarnished royale from his pocket. 'Here.'
'What is that for?' Jean-François demanded.
'I want you to take this coin to market, and buy me a fuck to give.”
― Empire of the Vampire
Gabriel reached into his battered britches, fished about under the monster's stare. Finally, he retrieved a tarnished royale from his pocket. 'Here.'
'What is that for?' Jean-François demanded.
'I want you to take this coin to market, and buy me a fuck to give.”
― Empire of the Vampire
“I didn't know her name, and I supposed I'd not be keeping her long. So I just called her „Jez” as we rode on through the dark.'
Jean-François blinked. 'Jez?'
'Short for „Jezebel”. Since I'd only know her for a night and all.'
'Ah. Prostitute humour.'
'Don't fall down laughing, coldblood.'
'I shall do my very best, Silversaint.”
― Empire of the Vampire
Jean-François blinked. 'Jez?'
'Short for „Jezebel”. Since I'd only know her for a night and all.'
'Ah. Prostitute humour.'
'Don't fall down laughing, coldblood.'
'I shall do my very best, Silversaint.”
― Empire of the Vampire
“I'm something of a bastard on the best of days. And that day was hardly my best.'
Jean-François's gaze roamed Gabriel, toe to crown. 'Nor this one, I fear?'
Gabriel tapped an empty leather pouch at his belt. 'Behold the purse in which I keep my fucks for what you think of me.”
― Empire of the Vampire
Jean-François's gaze roamed Gabriel, toe to crown. 'Nor this one, I fear?'
Gabriel tapped an empty leather pouch at his belt. 'Behold the purse in which I keep my fucks for what you think of me.”
― Empire of the Vampire
“It’s only in faerie tales that everything works out for the best with a magik spell or a prince’s kiss. It’s only in storybooks some little bastard picks up a sword and wields it like he was born to it. The rest of us? We have to work our arses off. And we might not ever taste triumph, but at least we dared to fail. We stand apart from those cowards whispering on the sidelines about how the strong did stumble, while never daring to set foot in the ring themselves. Victors are just folk who were never satisfied being vanquished. The only thing worse than finishing last is not beginning at all. And fuck finishing last.”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire
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