“Don’t even think about it, horse. I have friends in the glue business. Get up.” They got. Unlike women, you… — Glen Cook

Even when you have your mind made up, you can’t stay blind to reality forever.

I started to express my incredulity, but it struck me that I might learn a little more a lot faster with my mouth shut. I admit I don’t often have these epiphanies.

“Yeah?” I snapped when I yanked the door open. It didn’t matter that the woman was wearing a thousand marks’ worth of custom cloth or that the street was filled with guys in flashy livery. I’ve seen too much of the rich to be impressed.