The Company Quotes

“Here lies Mago the boxer, of whom it may honestly be said that he never harmed anybody.”
― K.J. Parker, The Company

“Aidi nodded. “Lying to yourself’s always a problem,” he said.”
― K.J. Parker, The Company

“It’s the way my mind works, when it works at all. Things to do today: settle down, achieve serenity, live happily ever after. Tick the box and move on.”
― K.J. Parker, The Company

“The public,” he said, “bless them. It’s the same in tailoring: they always think they know more about your job than you do, and then you get the blame when it ends up looking a mess.” He”
― K.J. Parker, The Company

“When I was a kid, I really didn’t want to be a farmer. What a total waste of a life, I thought. Everything you’ll ever know you’ve learned by the time you’re fifteen, and every year’s the same as the year before and the year after. You know exactly what you’ll be doing this day twelve months hence, because it’s what you’re doing today. I can’t do that, I thought, I’ll go mad. So I made them let me go to college and be a soldier.”
― K.J. Parker, The Company

“Did you ever hear of a place called Sphoe?”
― K.J. Parker, The Company