Quotes from book

Fly by Night

“Sometimes fear made you angry. Perhaps after years anger cooled, like a sword taken from a forge. Perhaps in the end you were left with something very cold and very sharp.”

“In Mosca’s experience, a ‘long story’ was always a short story someone did not want to tell.”

“If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog.”

“Where is your sense of patriotism?"

I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent. I don't use 'em much in case they get scratched.”

“Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks. The brand does not reveal a person's nature, it shapes it.”

“The world is like a broken wrist that healed the wrong way, and will never be the same again.”

“If you want someone to tell you what to think…"

"You will never be short of people willing to do so.”

“True stories seldom have endings.
I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.”

“You, sir, are a romantic, and I'm afraid the condition is incurable.

-Eponymous Clent”