Liquor does this? Even after you're sober? A cruel joke, isn't it? The gods put a price tag on everything, it seems. - Scott Lynch

I never even liked cats all that much.
Surely you realize, said Patience, that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.

Sure, kid. Look, there's a very old saying in my family: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is another wizard fucking with you.'

“We met five years ago.“ Jean scratched his beard. “On a sea voyage. We became business partners out of sheer boredom. Since then we‘ve been inseparable.“
“Except that my plan calls for me to be plotting your death.“
“Yes, but I don‘t know that, do I? Boon companion! I suspect nothing.“
“Chump! I can hardly wait to see you get yours!“