“Yes," said Locke."Yes, Master Ibelius. I'm going to put that fucker in the dirt as deeply as any man who's ever been… — 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
“Chains used to claim that there’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated,” said Locke.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Locke sighed. 'So this is winning,' he said. 'It is,' replied Jean. 'It can go fuck itself,' said Locke.” — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid,” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“We go now," said Locke, "or I leave you here to die. Understanding is a luxury; you don't get to have it.… — 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
“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
“Mizzenmast,” bellowed Caldris, and Locke and Jean both fetched up short, breathing heavily. “Ship doesn’t bloody have one,” said Locke. “Just foremast… — 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
“Sorcery's impressive enough, but it's their fucking attitude that makes them such a pain. And that's why, when you find yourself face… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I’m a little overdressed for this, but I think I can compensate by toning down my manners.” “Overdressed for what?” said Jean.… — 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
“Master Thorn... you have a curiously tender heart, for a thief of your appetites." "I'm a sworn brother of the Nameless Thirteenth,… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had his… — 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
“That's a sweet piece," said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. "You didn't snatch that off a street." "No," said Locke, before… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“These physikers are handy things,” said Locke, adjusting his (formerly Meraggio’s) coat cuffs, “but I think next time we should pay a… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“...I require a vacation from all of you, but I’m not leaving Camorr. You five will be making a journey to Espara.… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“Just one question, you arrogant fucking cocksucker" said Locke. "I'll grant the Lamora part is easy to spot; the truth is, I… — 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
“ I want to hug you. And I want to tear your gods-damned head off. Both at once." "Ah," said Locke. "Near… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
“I keep asking myself," whispered Sabetha, giving Locke's arm a squeeze, "ARE we smarter than that woman's chicken?" "At the moment, it's… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?” “On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions. — 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