I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

I suspect this is all gonna end in screaming and drowning

Yeah, but if I don't start my nervous pacing now, I'll never have it all done in time.

This is where you and I are headed.... Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated

My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it