“Looks like we have a deal, Loiosh.”

“Or a trap.”

“Or a trap.  Right now, I’ll be happy with a trap.  It’ll give me something to break out of.  There’s nothing worse than wanting to push and not having anything to push against.”

He started naming things that were worse until I told him to shut up.  There’s nothing worse than a smartass who pretends not to understand hyperbole.

- Steven Brust, Jhegaala