Durzo pulled out a gold Gunder from his pouch. Crowns Roth wins, Castles I lose. He flipped the coin. It bounced on the table and, impossibly, landed on edge. There´s always another choice, Kylar said.

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

Assassination is an art, milord. And I am the city's most accomplished artist.

Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint