Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites
Hal Duncan
Top 10 Best Quotes
“So they watch over us like gods of old. Our patron sinners.”
“–I’m not like that, he says. I’m not a …Fairy? –Every time you say that, I whisper, a little part of you will die.”
“But functional was not an aesthetic criterion that Flashjack, as a faery, had terribly high on his list of priorities; it was well below shiny and nowhere near weird.”
“–The People’s Independent Republic of Arse, Cock and Yo-ho-bloody-ho, I say. PIRACY! –You are a pirate! –Damn right I am! I’m Flash Jack Carter, the Darling of the Deep, the Blessed of the Briny, Sodomite Scourge of the Seven Seas ...”
“– Burning lemurs of bloody Madagascar!”
“Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man’s good character is marked by his impeccable attire.”
“They say that nothing can stand against such a man, for the one gun – that marked Mutiny – deals instant death, but the other – the one marked Matelotage – deals instant love, like the very darts of Eros. And who, I ask ye, who can stand up to love?”
“The pleasures of the flesh are sweet. – Mmm, flesh, said Puck.”
“So the question is ... You wanna be a Scruffian or not?”
“See, you have the choice we didn’t. You wanna think about it though, you do, before you decide to throw your lot in with us. Cause it’s not just about living in society’s stitches, you know, the bits in between, the squats and secret places. It’s about being Fixed.”
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Book Keywords:
society, love, drunkenness, attire, sodomites, debauchery, gods, weird, eros, character, flesh, piracy, sinners, lemurs, death, functional, puck, scruffians, pleasures, fairy, aesthetic, shiny
