Scott Lynch Quotes - Page 2

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• When you can't cheat the game, you'd best find a means to cheat the players.

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  Mean, Player, Games

  Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.67, Del Rey

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• I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... until Jean shows up.

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  Beats, Shows

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.487, Spectra

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• You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

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  Abuse, Body, Permission

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.363, Spectra

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• Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?

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  Enlightenment, Bricks

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.129, Del Rey

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• What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. “It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill anyone with this.

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  Knives, Utensils, Kind

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.138, Del Rey

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• Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

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  Admire, Qualifications, Persons

  Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.251, Del Rey

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• They kissed for the sort of endless moment that only exists between lovers whose lips are still new territory to one another.

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  Territory, Lips, Lovers

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1235, Del Rey

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• Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to discuss with you. I want you to know that whatever he asks, I don't want you...for my sake...well, please, just agree. Please him, do you understand?" "No garrista who loves life has ever tried to do otherwise. You think I'm inclined to walk in on a day like today and deliberately twist his breeches? If your father says 'bark like a dog' I say 'What breed, Your Honour?

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  Dog, Father, Love Life

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• Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?” “On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.

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  Pigs, Opinion, Said

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1698, Del Rey

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• What is government but theft by consent?

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  Government, Theft, Consent

  Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.110, Del Rey

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• So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.

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  Bugs, Said, Robbers

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.37, Spectra

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• Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend." "Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.

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  Peace, Children, Night

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1253, Del Rey

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• You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.

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  Needs, Kingdoms, Crosses

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1540, Del Rey

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• When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.

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  Fall, Sky, Bullshit

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1839, Del Rey

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• Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.

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  Sharks, Throwing, Lettuce

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.65, Spectra

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• It was strange, how readily authority could be conjured with nothing but a bit of strutting jackassery.

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  Strange, Authority, Strutting

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.394, Spectra

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• Cold walls do not a prison make, nor iron bands a bondsman.

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  Wall, Angel, Iron

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• I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

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  Powerful, Artist, Presence Of Mind

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• Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.

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  Eye, Ideas, Gentleman

  Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.181, Del Rey

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• I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.

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  Drinking, Night, Thinking

  Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.477, Del Rey

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• As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.

  Scott Lynch

  Decision, Maps, Biographies

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.801, Del Rey

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• Yeah, but if I don't start my nervous pacing now, I'll never have it all done in time.

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  Done, Nervous, Yeah

  Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.334, Del Rey

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• In the glass burrow beneath their feet, the flames began to rise. First the flames, and then the screams

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  Glasses, Flames, Feet

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.456, Del Rey

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• The only constant in the soul of man is inconstancy; anything and everything else can pass out of fashion-even something as utilitarian as a hill stuffed full of corpses.

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  Fashion, Men, Soul

  Scott Lynch (2006). “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, p.5, Spectra

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• I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But. . .can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming, 'Your cats! Give us all your gods-damned cats!

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  Cat, Hands, Giving

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1112, Random House

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