“We don’t see the life after life as it truly is, because in our eyes it conforms to our mechanics of nature.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I don't expect life to make sense," he said after a few moments, "but it could certainly be pleasant if it would… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“He was bewildered at how quickly he had escaped his old life and fallen into this new one with strangely pleasant crazy… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“He said that life boils down to standing in line to get shit dropped on your head. Everyone's got a place in… — 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 Image
“Gentlemen Bastards." hissed Locke, "do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Ha! Yes. When anyone tells you habits die hard, Locke, they’re lying—it seems they never die at all.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“Ibelius," said Jean. "If what Locke is doing were lurking about, corpses could be acrobats.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Why were all his fantasies so calamitous for that table, which had done him no injury?” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
