The Emperor's Edge Collection Quotes

“That must be why we get along so fabulously,” Amaranthe said. “You being the less talkative sort and me being happy to fill in the awkward silences with…awkward un-silences.” Sicarius said nothing. “Yes, just like that.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Only Sicarius would bring all his weapons to the smooching corner of the Imperial Gardens.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“That this works, a woman leading five men, is a marvel.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“It’s probably someone taking advantage of the situation,” Amaranthe said. “One of my instructors used to say, ‘In every crisis lies opportunity.’” “Yes, politicians have that motto too.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Why would I want to spend time with some adoring, warm youngster when I could have a stiff, aloof assassin whose idea of romance involves throwing knives and running up stairs together?”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“You don’t believe I’m cute enough to rescue?” he asked, deadpan.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“That wasn’t a fall. It was a premature release,”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Somehow she could not see Sicarius cuddling to share body heat. He would probably suggest pushups to stay warm.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Skulking?” “Yes, is that not what assassins call it?” “We call it working.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Besides,” Sicarius said, “I would create a team of assassins, because that is what I know how to do. That would not impress Sespian. You, however, will create a team of heroes.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Telling someone not to worry three times is not the way to ensure it doesn’t happen,” she muttered.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“No, but women like to blame things on me, so I figured I’d announce my innocence preemptively.” “What type of things?” Books asked. “Their unwanted pregnancies?”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Emperor, city, you, boot. Got it, sir.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Trust me, I never underestimate my charm or any of my other magnificent attributes. They work great on women. Alas, men tend to see me as an unwelcome rival. You, he might listen to. You’re good at talking people into things.” “What makes you say that?” “Because I’m perched in the rafters of a cannery, at risk from a man-slaying magical creature, and spending time with a drunk, a gangster, and an assassin at...what time is it?”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“the truth is it’s losing that teaches best. Making mistakes. Failing.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Corporal Amaranthe Lokdon paced.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“susurrus”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“panoply”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“insouciant”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“licks donkey crotch,”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“I remember studying Fleet Admiral Starcrest’s Mathematical Probabilities Applied to Military Strategies as a young boy and finding that less confusing than what you just said.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Unlike you, I don’t intentionally bore myself with tedious information,”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Remember that dead man you saw”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“That’s not romance; that’s training.” “Is there a difference for you?” “Slight.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“I thought you’d have to slay it to get in here.” “No, the kraken-slaying is still on my to-do list.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“It’s hard to respect someone who can’t grow a decent mustache,”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“When I get my statue, I don’t want it to be an image of me going up a squid’s butt.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Boss, it’s not right to joke around about a man’s… Did you call it a peeper?”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“Rumor is someone’s peeper rotted up and fell right off after seeing her.”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection

“It’s a shame you prefer to wallow in a mire of ignorance when knowledge floats by within reach,” Books said. “Isn’t it?”
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge Collection