“I’ve gone from manager to knight in two days. I think I deserve a bump in salary.” — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“We no longer empathize with the victim, lie with him on the slab. We forget, and believe forgetfulness is humane. We fool ourselves.” — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“The trouble with atheism," Temoc said, "is that it offers a limited range of curses.” — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“Shame I’m all out of virgins and aurochs. What the hell’s the plural of ‘aurochs’ anyway?” — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“That wasn’t being a kid, not the way the mainlander birthday cards meant, and after you’d been that you could never be a kid… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“You can win the world, she said, if you’re willing to lose your soul.” — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“The two left wheels of Tara and Abelard’s carriage lurched off the ground as the driver swung them into the narrow gap between a large driverless wagon and a mounted courier. Tara scrambled to the elevated side of the passenger cabin, eyes wide, and shot an angry look at Abelard when he chortled. The airborne wheels returned to the cobblestones… — Max Gladstone Copy Share
“Simple accident: a zombie-crewed containership from Southern Kath wrecked in a storm. The containership had been hired to transport a horror from beyond the stars, but the horror broke free and twisted a few hundred miles of Kathic coastline into unearthly geometries before the Coast Guard caught it. Resulting market fluctuations broke the Great Squid. Steve, the priest responsible, was… — Max Gladstone Copy Share
“What if you could peel a pearl? Take a fine knife and a magnifying glass and strip the layers of glint and glimmer year… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
