Love is a madness. Love is Failer - Durzo Blint

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

Relationships are ropes. Love is a noose. - Durzo Blint

A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.

Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.

It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.

Your Majesty, ” Durzo said gravely. “A man of your stature’s cursing vocabulary ought to extend beyond a tedious reiteration of the excreta that fills the void between his ears.” - Durzo Blint

Like many who have no reason for pride, that very lack of reason for it made me the prouder.

...escaping Neph's magic was impossible. He could sooner tear stars form the heavens.

I am always happy because I have no other choice.

Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.

Inspiration for what we produce comes from reading, observing the world of humans around us and also the animal kingdom

Rather than looking outward in an attempt to predict the outcome, you turn inward to your identity. You base the decision on who you are--or who you want to be.

We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generositie.

Neither woman nor man lives by work or love alone.... The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that.

Dance on the edge of mystery.

What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us.

When I started dating I had relationships with people who came from families that weren't at all artistic or whatever, and they didn't understand how to communicate. I find that so boring.

Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.