Legends & Lattes Quotes

“Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“WHAT FLAMES COULD NOT CONSUME,
NEVER SHALL BE EXTINGUISHED”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it’s something else.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“She was smiling, and for the first time, the building, the city, this place… felt like hers. A place she’d still be tomorrow, the week after, next season, next year…. Home.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“So. I might not deserve you. And you might forgive too much. But I’m damned glad to have you.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“The combined aromas of hot cinnamon, ground coffee, and sweet cardamom intoxicated her, and as she brewed and smiled and served and chatted, a deep contentment welled up. It was a glowing warmth she’d never experienced before, and she liked it. She liked it a great deal.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Live long enough, you realize some folks can be handed a problem and some tools, and they’ll sort it out. And I never think twice about hiring that sort of fellow.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Well, shit. Milky bean water. I'll be damned.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Shut up, you insufferable shitweasel,”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Calamity." His own callused paw was swallowed by hers.
Her eyes widened.
"Hob name," he said. "You can call me Cal."
"Whichever you like best. I don't need your name to suit me.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. An orc’s life was strength and violence and a sudden, sharp end—but she’d be damned if she’d let hers finish that way. It was time for something new.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“If there was any justice in the world, I'd never have met you, much less have even a scrap of your regard. And for a while... I thought maybe I'd cheated fate to have you near me. That I was bending the rules—forcing some impossible streak of luck—and any moment, you'd find out who I really was, and then you'd be gone. (...) But what a stupid thing to think. Unfair to you. Did I think so little of you? Did I think you couldn't see who I was, really? Was I foolish enough to believe I could make you see something other than what was there?”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Ladies' stockin's and exotic bean water. Gods help us.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Then, in a rush, “I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“I'm used to sleeping rough.'
'Used to ain't the same as ought to.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“His eyes widened. “Well, shit. Milky bean water. I’ll be damned.” He took another, longer sip and burned his tongue.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“have to be fully rid of it. Not yet.” Then, in a rush, “I was just thinking that you don’t have to forget who you were … because that’s what brought you here.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“I used to be an adventurer like you.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Failure to act was as much a decision as any other.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“You've found a very peaceful place here. A special place. You've planted something, and now its blossoming. Very nice. A good spot to rest. My thanks to you for letting an old-timer shade under the branches of what you've grown.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“As Hemington paid, Viv handed him a roll on a piece of waxed paper and leveled a glare at him. “If you don’t eat this, it’s possible Tandri or I may have to kill you.” The young man laughed, although the laugh became strangled when Viv didn’t join in.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“It’s nice work,” said Viv. “Hm.” “At least, I expect it is. I don’t know much about boats,” she admitted. “I expect that dulls the compliment a touch, then,”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“Viv didn’t answer for a moment, but then she stared hard at him. “Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“A pleasure,” said Viv. It wasn’t.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“People just sat around drinking it from these little ceramic cups, and I had to try it, and... it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it's something else.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“for. She found it in half-lidded eyes and a slow, deliberate swallow. In cupped hands around the warmth of a mug and the lingering enjoyment of the last taste.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“This is what I know, what I've always known. I just want to know something else, now. To be something else.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“LEGENDS & LATTES ~ MENU ~ Coffee ~ exotic aroma & rich, full-bodied roast—½ bit Latte ~ a sophisticated and creamy variation—1 bit Any drink ICED ~ a refined twist—add ½ bit Cinnamon Roll ~ heavenly frosted cinnamon pastry—4 bits Thimblets ~ crunchy nut & fruit delicacies—2 bits * FINER TASTES FOR THE ~ WORKING GENT & LADY ~”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes