“Bosses run things. The rest of us get run. It's the only rank that matters these days. You can dress it up as baronies or boyars or caliphates, but that's just sticking lace and ribbons on the dinosaur and hoping he'll take you to town. Is you a boss or isn't you? That's about the size of it.”
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“Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank.”
“If you think you are ordinary person… - You already label yourself.”
“Our souls are old, often used before. The knife outlasts the hand that holds it.”
“The richest people are those who have an abundance of what we take with us into the next life.”
“Death is not the villain of the piece. It is the next phase of life in unfamiliar clothing.”