“Piss on etiquette,” Threpe said petulantly. “Etiquette is a set of rules people use so they can be rude to each other in public.”

—  Patrick Rothfuss, book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 60, “Fortune” (p. 437)

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