"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 folk..."
- Scott Lynch
"I’m not beholden to the confirmation of your prejudices; to be perfectly frank, the prospect of confining the female characters in my story to placid, helpless secondary places in the narrative is so ..."
"Now, it’s undeniably true that male writers (including yours truly) are generally and commercially allowed to write about “girl stuff” without being penalized for doing so. In part this is the same ol..."
"You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit."
"I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet."
"I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!"
"We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!"
"Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see."
"If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kr"
"I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians."