“If your father says 'Bark like a dog,' I say 'What breed, Your Honor?” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“The only person who gets away with Locke Lamora games—” “—is Locke Lamora—” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“It must be nice to be righteous; from where I stand it looks like fucking lunacy.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks. — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Well, cheer up. At least you've got more mobility than a fucking tadpole on dry land.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“What thief does not fight to hold what he has?" "One that has something better," said Locke.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated. — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common." (Locke Lamora to Requin) — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Oh gods, Jean. Take a false name wherever we end up. Tavrin Callas is good. Let the bastard pop up all over… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“That sounds dangerous,'said Jean. 'For anyone else, maybe.For Gentlemen Bastards,we,it;s just what we do.' 'We?' 'We.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“...all apologies for getting most of your fortune buried under shit. I hope we can all still be friends.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen Bastards." hissed Locke, "do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“He withdrew then, leaving [him] standing in the bloody morning sunlight, leaving him all alone at the heart of his fortress, for… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“[W]hen you find yourself face to face with one [Bondsmage], you bow and scrape and mind your 'sirs' and 'madams.'" ... 'Nice… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“You've got that motherly concern in your eyes, Jean. I must look like I'm hammered as shit," said Locke. "Actually you look… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Jassaline's little potion seems to have brought up every meal I've had in the past five years." said Locke. "Nothing left to… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“If these things are alchemical," said Sofia, "I'd better be the one to have a look at them." "If it could be… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Someday, Locke Lamora,” he said, “someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I shall give you a little prophecy, Locke Lamora, as best as I have seen it. 'Three things you must take up… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“When you see the Crooked Warden," said Locke, twisting something in his hands, "tell him that Locke Lamora learns slowly, but he… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Some day, Locke Lamora,’ he said, ‘some day, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Locke moaned. 'Quit sobbing, you damn baby,' Jean hissed as he began to lope back along the dock. 'You must have at… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Jean," Locke gasped out during a brief lull between spasms of retching, "next time I conceive a plan like this, consider putting… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Gods, I love this place," Locke said, drumming his fingers against his thighs. "Sometimes I think this whole city was put here… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I've got kids that enjoy stealing. I've got kids that don't think about stealing one way or the other, and I've got… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“[T]he more we do this, the more I learn about what I think Chains was really training us for. And this is… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it." "Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds.… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“In a fair fight, the don's man would almost certainly paint the walls with Locke and Calo's blood, so it stood to… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I'm not gong to kill you," said Locke I'm going to play a little game I like to call 'Scream in pain… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. “It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Please, boy. Let’s not start out with either of us insulting the other’s intelligence. There are only three people in life you can never… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“Gentlemen Bastards." hissed Locke, "do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“Ha! Yes. When anyone tells you habits die hard, Locke, they’re lying—it seems they never die at all.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“ESPARA, FORMERLY a seat of prestige only one step below Therim Pel itself, had descended from its imperial years the way some men and… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
Advice,' Doña Vorchenza chuckled. 'Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“Ibelius," said Jean. "If what Locke is doing were lurking about, corpses could be acrobats.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“What an interesting choice of words. “Not real, and never were.” Could there be any more appropriate literature for men of our profession? Why… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“Why were all his fantasies so calamitous for that table, which had done him no injury?” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“I more proudly take a speck from a man with empty pockets,” said Sabetha, “than riches from a man whose purse stays heavy.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“He was bewildered at how quickly he had escaped his old life and fallen into this new one with strangely pleasant crazy people.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day. — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“That's a sweet piece," said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. "You didn't snatch that off a street." "No," said Locke, before taking another… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“But time’s a river, Locke, and we’ve always drifted farther down it than we think.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share
“I understand, my lord. I…don’t wish to embarrass you again.” “Embarrass me? Jean, you misunderstand.” Maranzalla kicked idly at the toy rapier, and it… — Scott Lynch Copy Share
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![“[T]he more we do this, the more I learn about what I think Chains was really training us for. And this is it. He wasn't training us for a calm and orderly world where we could pick and choose when we need to be clever. He was training us for a situation that was fucked up on all sides. Well, we're…” quote by Scott Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e8/scott-lynch-1437_bug_t-he-more-we-do-this-the-more-i-learn-ab_2198425.png)
