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14 quotes by Steven Brust

Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans living on a world called Dragaera. His recent novels also include The Incrementalists (2013), with co-author Skyler White. As a drummer and singer-songwriter, Brust has recorded one solo album and two albums...
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A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

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Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

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Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.

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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw... →

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Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.

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But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is... →

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To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out... →

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Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.

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All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about... →

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There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which... →

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Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

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I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

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