118 Quotes by Steven Brust

Pittsburgh. I’d been there. One of the most underrated cities in North America. People who’d never been there thought of it as a graveyard of abandoned steel mills, but it was a beautiful city, and it would be good to have it back.

Don’t explain why it works; explain how you use it.

Chaler, who had finished his ale, left the cup where it was, making no effort to procure more, indicating that he was capable of what the natural philosopher calls “learning behaviour,” which turn of phrase pleases us so much that we cannot resist making use of it.

Most people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I’m not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior.

He got up and walked out, so I missed seeing the powerful sorcerer doing his powerful sorcery, which would have involved him closing his eyes and then, I don’t know, maybe taking a deep breath or something.

You can’t put something together again unless you’ve torn it apart first.

Saving someone’s life is a wonderful feeling. Try it. You feel like, if you don’t mind a TV reference, a big damn hero.

Some things you just can’t fight, and sneezing is like falling in love. There’s little you can do about it, and it makes you look ridiculous and sometimes makes your eyes water.

Any point in a process looks like the process was leading up to it if that’s as far as you’ve gotten.