Ira Sachs Quotes

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.

You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?

A friend is someone who knows where all your bodies are buried. Because they're the ones who helped you put them there." And sometimes, if you're really lucky, they help you dig them back up.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)

A murderer was a worthy companion.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

So?" Bob said. "Hat up, go kill her. Problem solved." "Bob," I said. "You can't just go around killing people." "I know. That's why you should do it." "No, no. I can't go around killing people, either.

Crime has always been a regrettably consistent element of the human experience.

Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be.

Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.

Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things." OreSeur watched her for a moment, then settled back down. "Regardless," he said, "you are not my worst master. That is, perhaps, a compliment among our people.

I could never have been a pacifist. To kill a man was surely to grant him an immeasurable benefit. Oh yes, people always, everywhere, loved their enemies. It was their friends they preserved for pain and vacuity.

n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.

Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

The bulls are my best friends." I translated to Brett. "You kill your friends?" she asked. "Always," he said in English, and laughed. "So they don't kill me.

...One time you take a hundred thousand dollars and let a vampire go, the whole world turns on you like you're some kind of bad guy.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.

The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody's idea of a good time.

It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.