“War,” she said. “It sounds so normal, doesn’t it? So pretty.” That last word blighted the air as it left her throat. “A few bodies impaled on a few swords, some bright young boys skewered by arrows, and done. What… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“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… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“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… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“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
