Thief (series)

"It didn't take much to learn that the Mechanists do all their banking with First City Bank and Trust, one of the wealthiest establishments in town, catering to the needs of the city's upper crust."

"No doubt the bank is well protected by Mechanist security machines, in addition to the usual guard contingent. Risky... but you know, I've always wanted a good enough excuse to break into First City Bank and Trust. And I always thought I'd be taking the risk, just for the money."

"It's time for a face to face chat with my old friend Sheriff Truart. Work out our differences, show him the little piece of evidence I lifted from the Mechanists. I'm sure he'll appreciate the consequences if this were to be made public. Truart was acting for somebody when his cronies ambushed me back at the Crippled Burrick inn... I bet he'll be happy to tell me who that was."

"I don't know what's going on, and I don't like that."

"If I believed in it, now it would be a good time for me to wish for luck."

"Garrett: "Angelwatch? Is this how our arrangement is gonna work, you coming up with ways for me to get myself killed?" Victoria: "Is this really Garrett the Master Thief I hear talking? If danger is going to be a problem for you, then..." Garrett: "Just-- give me the details.""

"Garrett: "So this is the city of the future? I prefer my Tenement instead.""

"Victoria: "Our guest Cavador just spilled his guts." Garrett: "Not literally?" Victoria: "That wasn't necessary."

"But lo, how easily evil is felled, when the righteous hold the mace! Thou art transparent to me, Garrett, even now I can see thou seeking to stop me, but there is naught you can do."

"I know not why you oppose me. In one act, I will end all human suffering, and clear the path for the Builder to walk again on earth, history will move forward! My tireless children will build in his name, creating advancements beyond our understanding. Now, it is the dark time before the days of light! Why dost thou oppose me?"

"Soon all will be blessed with the breath of the Builder, the Necrotic Mutox that I created. And all the souls... the rich that spurned me, the City Watch that betrayed me, the loathsome pagans, the mindless commoners, even the loyal followers of Karras, all will receive the blessing... and the cleansing. But will they lift up their arms and praise Karras, as the vapours make them pure? Nay! They will wail, and scream, most ungrateful!"

"What hast thou... built, Garrett? When the time comes to review thy life, with the Master Builder afore thee, and the question is asked: what hast thou built, what will thee say, poor Garrett? For thou art a man of... destruction, not construction. Tis the biggest sin of all. Build thyself today a good house, that would please Him much!"

"And Karras said, ‘Lay down thy hammer, friends, 'tis yesteryear's trappings.' And so we laid them down, and seeing this, Karras spoke again: ‘Now raise up thy mace, The Builder shall fuel thee...and all the followers of Karras.'"

""Reliance upon others Is weakness for the strong But strength for the weak. Wisdom and balance lie in knowing your own nature over time." -Chronicle of the Metal Age"

""The man who learns only what Others know is as ignorant as if he Learns nothing. The treasures of knowledge Are the most rare, and guarded most harshly." -Chronicle of the First Age"

""Strike Hot Iron And Call Forth Sparks Strike A Man And Call Forth Fury To Shape Man Or Metal To Thy Will Thou Must Strike With Force" -Collected Sermons of Karras"

""Sings We A Dances Of Wolfs, Who Smells Fear And Slays The Coward. Sings We A Dances Of Mans, Who Smells Gold And Slays His Brother." -Pagan Saying"

""Bricky Roads They Trappers Grass, Stoney Walls They Trappers Wind, Iron Stove It Trappers Fire. Trappers Is We By The Works Of Hands, And Forgets Us We Were Ever Free." -Inked Grass Scroll"

""To Manipulate A Man Is A Careful Project. Too Light A Hand, And He Follows His Own Whim; Too Heavy A Hand, And He Will Turn On You." -Chronicle of the Metal Age"

""He Who Keeps His Work In Disorder Gives Home To Chaos. Let Him Be Struck With Stone And Iron To Forge Away His Flaws." -Collected Sermons of Karras"

""Saws We Them Man O' Moons Faces, Rounds O' Glow Brights n Them Summer Night Sky, Saids Them To Us That Winter Comes Earlies, Summer Is Gone, And The Harvest Is Fled." -From A Pagan Song"

""The Builder Has Gifted Thee With The Greatest Of All Treasures - The Future! But Thine Own Will Forges The Key That Opens The Lock." -Karras, Private Correspondence"

""Even With All We Had Learned, Some Events Were To Prove More Complex Than We Had Predicted. The Most Unlikely Of Alliances Was Also The Most Effective." -Chronicle of the Metal Age"

""Vigilance is our shield That protects us from the squalid past Knowledge is our weapon With which we carve our path To an enlightened future." -Hammerite Chant"

""Calls The Serpents To The Heels Of My Foes! Calls The Ravens To Pecks Their Eyes! Calls The Jackals, Carry Thems Away Their Children To Gnaw Bones In The Night!" -Pagan Curse"

""When We Looked At The Relics Of The Precursors, We Saw The Heights Civilization Can Attain. When We Looked At Their Ruins, We Marked The Danger Of That Height." -Keeper Annals"

""There Are Those To Whom Knowledge Is A Shield, And Those To Whom It Is A Weapon. Neither View Is Balanced, But One Is Less Unwise." -Keeper Annals"

"Benny: Ha! So what if I am, huh? Anyways, I work better when I'm drunk. It makes me fearless! If I see a bad guy, I'll just point my sword at him. And saaaaaay "HEY! Bad guy! You're not s'pposed to be here! Go home or I'll stick you with my sword...'til you go...'Ouch I'm dead!' Ahahahah (hic) See? Ain't no one gonna be messin with old Benny.""

"Mechanist Guard: I hearken unto they fearful heart: "thump, thump!""

""The Hammer is the most blessed of all the Builder's works: 'Tis both a tool for construction, and a weapon against thy foes." -The Hammer Book of Lessons"

""A rod of iron, in the flame, is transfigured and is no more. Thou canst never return unchanged from the forge." -Rite of Ordination to MasterForger"

""You shalt know thy enemies well, for they wield not the hammer, and forest dwellers be they." -From the Book of the Master Builder"

""Be ever diligent, For thy enemies are a multitude, And sin never sleeps..." -Excerpt from a Hammer Hymn"

""If thou hast eyes to see the glory of the Builder, but do not, then pluck them out." -Opening Prayer, Ironwright Temple"

""Beware the minions of the Trickster, for they revel in chaos. Seek they to undo thy works and subvert thy thoughts." -The Sermon of St. Edgar"

""Set thy bricks with the bones of heathens, and mix thy mortar with their blood." -Hammerite Book of Structure"

""The Builder let me strike through. Builder in the work I do." -The Hammerite Guard Patrol"

""Holding a key, you may infer the existence of a lock. However, do not make the mistake of assuming that yours is the only key." - Handbook of Scribes"

""History is written by the observer. Propaganda is written by the victor." - Keeper Archives"

""Ha! That'll learn ya, 'cept you're dead." - Warden Stout"

"Inside at last."

"Heh! It's a throne room. How pretentious can you get?"

"I went to Cutty's place to deliver the scepter, but Cutty wasn't there. He'd been arrested by the Hammerites. Apparently they didn't approve of his occupation, and I doubt they approve of mine. So hopefully they'll never catch sight of me when I break him out of their prison. Which is what I'm going to do."

"I'd rather not have to do this job, but Cutty's a reliable fence, and I don't appreciate the Hammerites abducting him. And he owes me money for the Bafford job...."

"I was pissed at Cutty for a good while after the...prison debacle. But hey, you can't blame him for what the Hammers did to him. So I decided to go after that horn Felix talked about. Not like I had a whole lot of choice, really...the rent is due...and my landlord's even tougher than the Hammers."

"Felix, always helpful, also said that the catacombs are supposed to be haunted. Think I'll go make some inquiries about where a 'heretic' like me can get some holy water. Always go prepared...."

"Tombs with piped in music. How classy."

"That shot was meant for me."

"I was going to pay Lord Randall and his vase collection a visit, but the Downwind Thieves' Guild beat me to the score."

"Apparently their leaders...Donal and Reuben...are arguing over the prized sapphire vase. Sounds like they could use a third party to settle their disagreement. Since I'm no mediator, I'll just steal the vase from them. They'll be so busy blaming each other no one will suspect an outsider."