“You were sick of sentimentality, of the moralism, maneuvering, and malice that comes with it.”
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“Gods, all this maneuvering for moral advantage. You’d think we were married.”
— Scott Lynch, book The Republic of Thieves
Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 1 “Things Get Worse” section 8 (p. 51)
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