It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.

She just laughed in his face and told him she'd sooner crawl in a bed with his father's leeches before she'd crawl in one with him. She stopped laughing when he put his knife in her.

His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

One voice may speak you false, but in many there is always truth to be found.

There are no happy endings.

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.