Never appeal to a man’s better nature. He may not have one.[quoting Robert A. Heinlein]
Dwelling is so inefficient.
Rule one, you don’t punch above your weight.
Continuously getting legit refills isn’t realistic, and neither is being a junkie.
Sometimes you do have to make a mess to clean one up.
Sometimes we have to do what is best for everyone, not what is fair.
Sometimes there’s monsters, sometimes there’s money. Rarely both. That’s the life.
If there is a man selling a private arsenal to an Egyptian crook and he’s English and you’re English and those weapons could cause a lot of pain to a lot of people, then you just do it.
Such a pity how much ruthless pragmatism gets weighed down by family values.
Sometimes, you have to compromise in order to survive.[to Yennefer]
Some things are more important than the right thing.
It’s hard to collect wages from a corpse.
