“Builds your roofs of dead wood. Builds your walls of…

“Builds your roofs of dead wood. Builds your walls of dead stone. Builds your dreams of dead thoughts. Comes crying laughing singing back to life, takes what you steal, and pulls the skins from your dead bones shrieking.” -Clay tablet in an abandoned Trickster temple

Thief: The Dark Project, Miscellaneous Quotes

Source: Mission VI: The Sword

Other Thief Quotes

“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 - View Quote Details on Stoney Walls They Trappers...">“Bricky Roads They Trappers Grass,
Stoney Walls They Trappers…
But lo, how easily evil is failed, 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. - View Quote Details on But lo, how easily evil is failed, when the righteous…
Hadst I a hammer, wouldst I hammer in the morning. Wouldst I hammer in the evening, all over this land. - View Quote Details on Hadst I a hammer, wouldst I hammer in the morning…
Huh! This proves it…going legit is more trouble than it’s worth…. - View Quote Details on Huh! This proves it…going legit is more trouble than it’s…
“Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet ‘gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder’s plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum.” -Collected letters of the smith-in-exile - View Quote Details on “Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and…
“I will have you hang for that, you taffer!” - Guard - View Quote Details on “I will have you hang for that, you taffer!” -…
“The most promising acolyte left us, not out of the lesser folly of sentiment, but the greater folly of anger. His heart was clouded, and his balance was lost, but his abilities were unmatched. Even then, we knew to watch him most carefully.” -Keeper Annals - View Quote Details on “The most promising acolyte left us, not out of the…
“Well, taffer. Now that you’re dead…can I have those boots?” - Thug - View Quote Details on “Well, taffer. Now that you’re dead…can I have those boots?”…
I prefer my payment in CASH…not liquor, Mister…ahh… - View Quote Details on I prefer my payment in CASH…not liquor, Mister…ahh…
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. - View Quote Details on I went to Cutty’s place to deliver the scepter, but…