Hawk Quotes

“What are you working on?” “I’m trying to set up a store to sell baskets of none-of-your-fucking-business at wholesale prices.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“What foul sorcery is this?” she said. “Pretty standard foul sorcery; nothing special.” “Okay,” she said. “Just checking.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“The creation of powerful magical tools, generally, is the result of one of three things: the desire to impress a lover; an accident while trying to create something else entirely; or a side project created to assist while working toward something considered more significant by the creator.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“Several years ago, I was getting drunk with four or five of the most powerful sorcerers in the Empire—like you do—when Daymar told a story.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“As I passed a market, I thought I saw Devera, Aliera’s daughter, looking at me. I almost stopped, but when I looked again she was gone, so I decided I was either imagining it, or she didn’t want to talk to me. She is a very unusual child, but I guess now isn’t the best time for that conversation. I put it out of my head and kept walking until I reached the Imperial Palace.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“I’d fought personal demons and impersonal gods and wandered through buildings that couldn’t exist to do impossible things.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“No, sarcasm aside, life is always worth living. Even when sometimes it seems like more trouble than it’s worth.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“Eventually, I decided that if he opened his eyes again and saw me there, it’d be uncomfortable for both of us, and Barlen preserve me from ever being uncomfortable.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“No, sarcasm aside, life is always worth living. Even when sometimes it seems like more trouble than it’s worth. Oh, who am I kidding? It’s when it seems like more trouble than it’s worth that I want it the most. I mean, isn’t everyone like that?”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“When you don’t have the skill you need, you hire someone who does; and when you can’t do that, you find a way to fake it. Some days I think that explains most of my career.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk