The Paladin Caper Quotes

“He uncoiled a length of fine leather tubing from his waist and tossed it down to Hessler, leaving the end attached to his waist. “Remember, one sharp tug means that you must feed me more tubing and shake the line, as it may have gotten caught, while two tugs means that I am stuck and need you to pull me back.” “How many tugs means that we should trigger the explosion?” Tern asked. Icy raised an eyebrow. “Me standing next to you, having extricated myself from the tunnel safely, and explicitly telling you to trigger the explosion is the only agreed-upon signal for you to trigger the explosion.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“Those without the intelligence to ask the difficult questions,” Westteich said, “generally deserve what they get.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“I believe that you interact with illusions as though they are physically tangible,” Hessler said, hanging from the railing with a pale face but a raised hand, “and I thought to myself, I wonder how that works?” The scorpion got back to its many scuttling feet, and a glowing hammer materialized in the air and slammed down onto it. “As it turns out, it works very well.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“Did you think I would not find you?” Desidora asked.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“I STILL HOLD concerns about key parts of this plan,” Icy said,”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“Icy pursed his lips. “Do we have any means of getting a message to Kail or the others?” “Is there any chance Ululenia is back?” Tern asked hopefully. Kail shook his head. “I am afraid I have not seen her.” “Well,”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“It was a bright thing to keep spinning in her mind, so that the wrenching useless grief lurking at the edge of every thought didn’t have any reason to creep out of the shadows. “Right”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“I am sex and death, desire and destruction. They will die in ecstasy knowing that I was their fulfillment. My pleasure, their end.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper

“They walked off arm in arm, not stuck together but together nevertheless.”
― Patrick Weekes, The Paladin Caper