Цитаты из книги «Республика воров», страница 3
Damn it, when will you learn that refusing to admit you`ve lost isn`t the same as winning?
We`re as human as you are, as complicated, as insecure, as driven to argument. The only difference is that any one of us, out of the mildest irritation, could make someone evaporate into smoke with a gesture.
Locke drew in a rasping breath to spew some more damn fool craziness. Jean, with the reflexes that kept him alive when blades were drawn, clamped a hand over Locke`s mouth before he could speak and pushed his head back down against his pillow. "I can`t agree to anything on Locke`s behalf, but I want us to hear your proposal. Tell us what the job is."
"It`s political," said Patience.
"Mmmmph mmph," said Locke. "Mmmph fckhnnng fmmmph!"
"He wants to hear more," said Jean. "He says he`s very excited to hear the whole thing."
"It wasn`t fair!" shouted Locke. "It wasn`t a fair test! There was no way to win!"
"That`s life," said Chains. "That`s your one sure inheritance as flesh and blood. Nobody wins all the time, Locke."
"Another test. When do they stop?"
"When you`re buried, my boy."
"You rule the Bondsmagi," said Locke, incredulously.
"Rule is too strong a term. We do occasionally manage to avert total chaos."
Poison is only contagious at dinner parties.
"And I`m not going to let you carry me."
"Not let me carry you? What are you going to fend me off with, sarcasm?"
Gods, I love Camorri. Constitutionally incapable of doing things the easy way.
"There must be someone who can do something!"
"The gods."
"If I could convince Zodesti--"
"Zodesti?" Malcor laughed. "What a waste of gift in that one. Zodesti treats only two ailments, wealth and prominence. He`ll never condescend to do so much as take your friend`s pulse."
"So you`ve no other clues? No other suggestions?"
"Summon priests. While he`s still lucid." Jean scowled, and the aged dog-leach took him gently by the shoulders. "I can`t name the poison that`s killing your friend. But the one that`s killing you is called hope."
