

“May laughter keep us young and malice keep us rich.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief

“It's sad, but the world's made of sadness. if you hadn't noticed, great gray bricks of it and mortared all together with pain and obligation.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief

“the rich hold grudges the poor can’t afford,”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief

“When it croaked out of my mouth, I meant it as statement of fact, but looking back, it sounded perfectly weird, ambiguous, and off-putting, so it was just the right thing.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
― The Blacktongue Thief

“And there's humanity in a glimpse-- we've always got a copper for a stone idol, but none for the beggar in its shadow.
I'm no better.
I gave them nothing but a second look, and they'd be buying no pies with that.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
I'm no better.
I gave them nothing but a second look, and they'd be buying no pies with that.”
― The Blacktongue Thief
Laska-Buh’s 2024 Year in Books
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