Top 200 Tamsyn Muir Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “But I’d do it again,” said the war crime.”

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152. “Certainly not. Like everything else in this ridiculous conglomeration of cooling gas, it’s perfectly explicable, I just need to explic-it.”

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153. “Come on, love. Guys as careful as me don’t have accidents.”

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154. “Nonagesimus,” she said slowly, “the only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted someone to hold the sword as you fell on it. The only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted your ass kicked so hard, the Locked Tomb opened and a parade came out to sing, ‘Lo! A destructed ass.’ The only job I’d do would be if you wanted me to spot you while you backflipped off the top tier into Drearburh.” “That’s three jobs,” said Harrowhark. “Die in a fire, Nonagesimus.”

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155. “The ashes in the incinerator had been raked out and combed over, and the confirmation that they were human remains was not illuminating. The surviving necromancers had gathered around a bowl of them, and they had all pounced on it like a bowl of peanuts at a party.”

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156. “Harrow, if you bother to remember anything from my ramblings, please remember this: once you turn your back on something, you have no more right to act as though you own it.”

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157. “The nuns tried their best, but a few minutes later it was confirmed that one of the hermits had died of shock, and everyone around him celebrated his sacred good fortune.”

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158. “Fear doesn’t help us achieve a state of grace; it deafens the heart.”

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159. “I find the idea comforting... that thousands of years after you’re gone... is when you really live. That your echo is louder than your voice.”

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160. “Nona had kept giggling, and that got her told off because Harrowhark Nonagesimus didn’t giggle.”

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161. “Then she said, ‘When you don’t have it too badly – when you can live to maybe fifty years – when your body’s dying from the inside out, when your blood cells are eating you alive the whole time... it makes for such a necromancer, Gideon the Ninth. A walking thanergy generator. If they could figure out someway to stop you when you’re mostly cancer and just a little bit woman, they would!”

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162. “Hell spat you back out. Fair enough.”

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163. “Nona leant into her and said, “Thanks. I love you too, Camilla,” and: “Do you know who I am yet?”

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164. “He was narrow shouldered with long, long arms, and she was beginning to believe that he was not simply a douchebag who used lip balm, but a douchebag who used lip balm and had a very long reach.”

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165. “Don’t start the ‘I was toying with her, mwa ha ha’ noise, because I won’t believe it. Your plan backfired, Tridentarius. You’ve got the sickness. I know the signs of Nonagesimitis. You were all lined up for a big hot injection of vitamin H.”

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166. “The pause stumbled execrably, fell down the stairs, and lay in a tangle at the bottom in full view of all listeners, who had to watch it bleed out in embarrassment.”

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167. “This won’t work,” she said. “I’ve never had to work with something so small before.” “That’s what she said,” murmured Gideon, sotto voce.”

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168. “Stop that. I need you listening, not racking your brain for rare negatives.”

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169. “If they want to make you into a bad wizard, be a bad wizard. We can write the history books to say you were a good wizard. Or at least an okay wizard.”

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170. “He said: When they called me up and said the cryo project was over she looked at me and she just said, There they go, John.”

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171. “The blood all drained away from Gideon’s cheeks for some reason. The world spun off its axis. Bright spots sparked in her vision. She found herself saying, intelligently, “Mmf.”

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172. “Sie dachte daran, Silas noch ein paar Mal den Stinkefinger zu zeigen, aber manchmal gibt man sich besser damit zufrieden, dass man gerade einen moralischen Sieg davongetragen hat.”

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173. “Not even one of the Emperor’s fists and gestures could give Harrowhark Nonagesimus a sexy makeover. Sometimes I think you look like a twig’s funeral.”

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174. “Through a window somewhere high up, the sunbeams poured down dust in golden torrents.”

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175. “Now we kick her ass until candy comes out,” said Gideon. “Oh, damn, Nonagesimus, don’t cry, we can’t fight her if you’re crying.”

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176. “Harrowhark was pleased because everything was coming up Harrowhark.”

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177. “If you think in black and white your brain can’t be agile.”

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178. “She couldn’t believe she was being held at bay by someone who had eaten every cavalier manual and chewed dutifully twenty-five times.”

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179. “I’m not anybody’s son or daughter,′ said Gideon firmly.”

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180. “Ortus would never rhyme melancholy with my mortal folly again.”

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181. “Don’t worry, kiddie, she said tiredly. I’ll keep loving you – my problem is I don’t know how to stop.”

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182. “She applied to the Vatican to argue about whether or not it was a miracle because I’d been baptised. Didn’t mention that I’d only gone to Parachute ’cause of the underage drinking.”

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183. “And in the dream he rubbed his temple with his thumb and said: “You always say that, Harrowhark.”

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184. “I might lie down and see if this fixes itself,” I suggested.”

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185. “But have a go. Surprise me. My body is ready.”

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186. “The grey and putrid heart of Drearburh. The greyer and more putrid heart of its lady.”

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187. “He say anything?” Gideon wavered. “He said to tell you he loved you,” she said. “What? No, he didn’t.” “Okay, no, sorry. He said – he said you knew what to do?”

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188. “I am – so I won’t,” he said. “I swear. I mean, I could make a killing, so you’ve got me by the balls here.” “Please never say that again,” said the Angel.”

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189. “I guess I might as well die,” he concluded, something he now suggested hopefully at least three times a day.”

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190. “Evidence,” he said, “outweighs testimony.”

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191. “She had long since ascended to the rank of double douchebag.”

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192. “While we were developing common sense, she studied the blade.”

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193. “Gideon had never had the opportunity to study Camilla’s two short swords before: they were more like very long daggers, slightly curved at each end, wholly utilitarian. They glittered clean and hot beneath the soggy light of the kitchen; she marched back toward the door to the dining hall.”

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194. “My body is ready.”

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195. “We’re all in this together,’ she said, which was a typically Fifth assumption. The Ninth didn’t think anyone was in anything together, or, if they were, they all had to disperse as soon as humanly possible to avoid splash damage.”

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196. “So what is the training, then – how to attain Lyctorhood?” The little priest looked at them again. “Well, I don’t know,” he said.”

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197. “A tableau of magicians and their guardians revolved around the corpses.”

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198. “I want to go,” said Gideon. “This sounds impossibly vapid.” “I want to eat a dessert.”

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199. “Harrow arranging her breakfast was a concept so disagreeable there was no space left in her head for it.”

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200. “Harrow had been the only birth amidst a sea of tiny tombs.”

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