25 quotes found
“For Calo, Galdo, and Bug”
“My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.”
“To us richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“Theres no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.”
“If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.”
“Locke sighed.'So this is winning,' he said.'It is,' replied Jean. 'It can go fuck itself,' said Locke.”
“... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it.""Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four most fatal words in the Therin language are 'Locke would appr...”
“Advice," Doa Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at sev...”
“Gods, I love this place," Locke said, drumming his fingers against his thighs. "Sometimes I think this whole city was put here simply because the gods must adore crime. Pickpockets rob the common f...”
“A glass poured to air for the one who sits with us unseen; the patron and protector, the Crooked Warden, the Father of Necessary Pretexts. Thanks for deep pockets poorly guarded. Thanks for watchme...”
“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 murdered, ever since the world began.”
“The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the respond to real control.”
“Youll pardon me, he finally said, if the suggestion that the minuscule black turnip you call a heart is suddenly overflowing with generosity toward me leaves me wanting to arm myself and put my bac...”
“What thief does not fight to hold what he has?""One that has something better" - Locke Lamora to the Gray king”
“Gentlemen Bastards." hissed Locke, "do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.”
“Were a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We dont believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.”
“What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains inspection. Its all wrong. You couldnt kill anyone with this.Well, not very easily, Ill grant you that, my boy. Chai...”
“In a fair fight, the don's man would almost certainly paint the walls with Locke and Calo's blood, so it stood to reason that this fight would have to be as unfair as possible.”
“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 forty and you're a nag. Give it at se...”
