red seas under red skies

June 9, 2021 by achrilock

“He shook out even more coins, haphazardly. The clink-clink-clink of metal falling upon metal echoed in the foyer.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/06/09/10311/

June 7, 2021 by achrilock

“I hope a shark tries to suck your cock!”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/06/07/10244/

May 31, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Only gods-damned fools die for lines drawn on maps,’ said Zamira.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/05/31/10044/

April 18, 2021 by achrilock

“And those that die because the Demons get out of hand? What good is gold or the promise of gold to them? Anywhere else, it would be plain murder.”

— Scott Lynch,
‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/18/8988/

March 26, 2021 by achrilock

“We told Stragos we didn’t know the first damn thing about sailing.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/26/8431/

March 24, 2021 by achrilock

“Farms fail. Businesses fail. Tennant lands get repossessed. Plagues knock all the money and health out of cities. When they’ve got nowhere else to come, they come here.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/24/8377/

March 15, 2021 by achrilock

“The Thorn of Camorr had been a mask he’d halfheartedly worn as a game. Now it was almost a separate entity, a hungry thing, an increasingly insistent ghost prying at his resolve to stand up for the mandate of his faith.
Let me out, it whispered. Let me out. The rich must remember.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/15/8199/

March 5, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Gods, why do they bear it? Why do they take this?’ Locke stood in the free gallery, alone, staring out at the wealthy and powerful, at their guards and servants, and at the thinning ranks of the living pieces in the game beneath them.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/05/7992/

January 4, 2021 by achrilock

“Given months to plan and observe, the Gentlemen Bastards could take the place apart, find ways to cheat the Amusement War, surely—rob the participants, rob the Lady Saljesca, embarrass and humiliate the bastards, blacken the demi-city’s reputation so thoroughly that nobody would ever want to visit again.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/04/6299/

December 7, 2020 by achrilock

“Lady Saljesca’s stadium was a miniature of the legendary stadia ultra of Therim Pel, complete with twelve marble idols of the gods gracing the exterior in high stone niches. Ravens perched on their divine heads and shoulders, cawing halfheartedly down at the bustling crowd around the gates.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/07/5539/

September 5, 2020 by achrilock

“But ... can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming, ‘Your cats! Give us all your gods-damned cats!’”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/05/3171/

July 20, 2020 by achrilock

“Thieves prosper, thought Locke. The rich remember.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/07/20/1721/

June 18, 2020 by achrilock

“Tal Verrar will never be strong so long as its fate is vouchsafed by those who would squeeze gold from it like milk from a cow, then flee for the horizons at the first sign of danger.”
— Scott Lynch, ‘Red Seas Under Red Skies’

https://achrilock.com/2020/06/18/789/