“In the beginning we lived as thieves, Stealing fur and…

“In the beginning we lived as thieves, Stealing fur and fang of beasts for survival. Then came the Builder who brought us the Hammer, And with it we forged a new way of life. To reject the Hammer is to denounce the Builder.” -The Hammer Book of Tenets

Thief: The Dark Project, Miscellaneous Quotes

Source: Mission 1: Thieves’ Guild. Note: This mission is in the Gold edition of Thief.

Other Thief Quotes

“So tired…if it weren’t for these taffin’ boots, (yawns) I’d be asleep.” - Guard - View Quote Details on “So tired…if it weren’t for these taffin’ boots, (yawns) I’d…
I prefer my payment in CASH…not liquor, Mister…ahh… - View Quote Details on I prefer my payment in CASH…not liquor, Mister…ahh…
“Look, I got all taffin’ night to look for ya. You got that kind of time?” - Guard - View Quote Details on “Look, I got all taffin’ night to look for ya…
Garrett: [Makes a sound of contempt.] Keepers!
Keeper: So you think you’ve won.
Garrett: I think I’ve got my eye back.
Keeper: Yet…still…you are blind.
Garrett: If you hadn’t noticed, I just saved the world. Yourself included.
Keeper: As we knew you would. As it had to be.
Garrett: Now I remember why I left the Keepers.
Keeper: And I remember why we let you go.
Garrett: What do you want from me? [Sarcastically] You come to congratulate me? Welcome me back to the fold?
Keeper: Very well. I will speak my piece plainly. You have accomplished that which was written, and YES… you’ve done it well. But there is no place for you with us any longer. Yet you will have a great need of us, and soon.
Garrett: I don’t think so. I’m through with heroics.
Garrett: And with your kind as well.
Keeper: You cannot run from life as you did from us, Garrett. Life has a way of finding you. No matter how artistic a sneak you are. Listen…there is a book that you were not made aware of. I’m here to tell you that it would be WISE for you to read it now…if you can still read hieroglyphs.
Garrett: I do try to forget, but you Keepers leave them everywhere for me.
Keeper: Yes. You have more friends than you know.
Garrett: Tell my “friends” that I don’t need their secret book. Or their glyph warnings, or their messengers! Tell them I’m through! Tell them it’s over! Tell them Garrett is done! (walks away)
Keeper: I will tell them this: Nothing is changed. All is as it was written. The Trickster is dead. Beware the dawn…of the Metal Age. - View Quote Details on Garrett: [Makes a sound of contempt.] Keepers!
Keeper: So…
“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 - View Quote Details on “Builds your roofs of dead wood. Builds your walls of…
“The essence of balance is detachment. To embrace a cause, to grow fond or spiteful, is to lose one’s balance, after which, no action can be trusted. Our burden is not for the dependent of spirit.” -Mayar, Third Keeper - View Quote Details on “The essence of balance is detachment. To embrace a cause,…
“Greed shall be your undoing, poor Garrett.”-Oracle Statue - View Quote Details on “Greed shall be your undoing, poor Garrett.”-Oracle Statue
“New boots. It’s gonna take me a week to break-in the cursed things. And until then… I’ll be walking like someone’s grandmum.” - City Watch - View Quote Details on “New boots. It’s gonna take me a week to break-in…
“Before death came, the liars were made to feast upon the hands of the thieves, and the thieves were made to ingest the tongues of their liar brothers, and we praised the Master Builder for his judgements.” -The Hammer Book of Tenets - View Quote Details on “Before death came, the liars were made to feast upon…
“OK, run! If I were you, I would run, too.” - Guard - View Quote Details on “OK, run! If I were you, I would run, too.”…