Ваша оценкаЦитаты
jlmrm11 июля 2015 г.“This is what I keep telling you, Saint. You have to think,” Stephen said. “If you’d put a knee in his groin first, you could probably have punched him in the face as well when he went over.”
6342- jlmrm11 июля 2015 г.
"You? You’ve no powers, no allies, and a serious weakness in the shape of Mr. Day. She’s strong as hell. What can you possibly do about her?”
5273 - jlmrm11 июля 2015 г.
"I like the way he says ‘furthermore’,” Merrick observed quietly. “Cos you can tell he means ‘wankers’.”
Dan Gold choked. Crane said, “I like to think I’ve had an influence on him.”340 - jlmrm11 июля 2015 г.
“I saw how you see me, back then,” Crane murmured in his ear. “I had no idea I was such a handsome devil.”
336 
KseniyaTai13 июля 2022 г.“Do you know, I’m not very happy about that.”
“No, nor am I.”
“Really very unhappy,” Esther added.
“Yes.”
“Shall we make some other people unhappy?”
“Oh, I think so.”228
robot25 июля 2017 г.“Let’s get Merrick. Come on, adai.”
“I am aware that means idiot.” Stephen was trying to sound pointed, but the golden light was returning his eyes at last, and Crane felt a deep tension finally dissipate at the sight.
“It’s a term of affection,” he assured his lover, following him to the kitchen. “You are an idiot, of course. But it’s mostly affection.”223- robot25 июля 2017 г.
“I’m so sorry,” Stephen mumbled in Crane’s ear when at last they broke for breath. “So sorry. I was foul to you and I’ve made such a mess of everything and you were right all along, about it all. You should be furious with me.”
“I am,” Crane said against his neck. “Livid. Can’t stand the sight of you. Come here.”224 - robot25 июля 2017 г.
“Because if I can tell the Council that the thefts were me, not Miss Saint, then I can tell them all about you and your noble love nest. Love nest, Crane. That’s quite good. Do cranes nest?”
“They’re birds, of course they— Shut up.”224 - robot25 июля 2017 г.
Miss Nodder leaned forward, then glanced round at Stephen. “Are you in this conversation, or just skulking?”
“Mostly skulking.” Stephen had a particular knack for making himself unobtrusive. He felt mildly impressed that he’d been noticed. “But I have licence to skulk.”
The justiciar’s green eyes glimmered with amusement. “Skulk away, then.”226 - KseniyaTai13 июля 2022 г.Читать далее
“Do you know what I dislike most about practitioners?” Crane asked the room in general, swinging round and speaking with sudden force. “I say most, because God knows there is so much to dislike, but one thing stands out above all, and that is your overweening belief in your own superiority, when the lot of you are in fact a hopeless bloody shambles. You’re like children, all obsessed with something or other. None of you have any sense of proportion. You are demanding, greedy, selfish, untrustworthy, and your ideas of your own superiority are frankly risible. Stephen is the best man among you by a ten-yard start, and he’s a pointlessly self-sacrificing, prideful idiot two steps from nervous collapse.”
122