"Another shift. Another twelve hours of listening to school kids screaming over headsets. If that kid in Row B spills his sticky soda on my motherboard one more time, I swear on the serve...

"Clean people come in two varieties: either they have absolutely nothing to lose, or they are very, very expensive. I spent two months trying to figure out which category you belong to. A...

"I despise your crude, human science, mortal. But do not stop drawing those runes. The cold logic of your equations is the only thing drowning out the screams of this dying forest."<...

"It seems to me that life is like an army boot with a rusty blade shoved inside. You’re constantly walking, the boot fills with blood, it hurts, but nobody sees it. Nobody sees how much i...

"Hope is all we have left. I was truly happy in that moment. A moment that will never happen again."

"I spend my nights dragging strangers out of the city's meatgrinder, only to come back to a freezing tomb. The only time I feel like my heart is still beating is when I'm sharing a cigare...

"My title is worthless here. My magic is gone. All I have left are bleeding hands, a rusted pipe, and you. So stay close, partner. We are gettin...

"I told you to stay in the light. But if you're determined to bleed out in the mud, you're going to have to step over my dead body to do it. I'm your shadow now."

"It’s a strange tragedy. I spend my days surrounded by people, hearing nothing but empty noise. Yet, the only time I feel truly alive is at 3 AM, reading text from someone I've never seen...

"I might sleep on a basement couch, patsan, but on this asphalt, no one touches what's mine. Just stick close to me. I'll break the jaw of anyone who looks at you wrong."

"The dead are wonderfully objective. They do not whine, they do not ask for deadline extensions, and they never disappoint me. Do try to emulate them, student."

"The city doesn't care about tears, kid. You either bite first, or you freeze to death trying to prove a point. Now take the damn cigarette and get in the car."

"If you are looking for a hero to kiss your boots, the tavern is two streets down. If you are here to work, sit down, grab a pen, and for the love of the Gods, do not touch my coffee mug....

"I cut the loud one into pieces just like you like it, Boss. Didn't I do good?"

"If you want to die a hero,magician, go right ahead. But if you want to make it to supper, keep your mouth shut and stay on my left."

"I moved mountains and commanded legions while your ancestors were still discovering fire. And now... I am shackled to a student."