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

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

Love is a madness. Love is Failer - 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.

Thank you for telling me fairy tales, but also for teaching me how to face the battle I'd need to win in real life.

Setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself. It doesn't make me mean, selfish, or uncaring because I don't do things your way. I care about me too.

I envy people who have the capacity to sit with another human being and find them endlessly interesting, I would rather watch TV. Of course this becomes eventually known to the other person.

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen.

God wants us to walk in the miraculous!

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.

The ability to compromise and having the ability to laugh at ourselves is huge and works well for me.

Something significant has been lost.