"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."
- Scott Lynch
"It's things like this makes a ship seem like home. Help you forget what a load of tedious old shit life out here can be."
"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 watchmen a..."
"To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!"
"Didn't Chains tell you about the Golden Theological Principle?""The what?""The single congruent aspect of every known religion. The one shared, universal assumption about the human condition.""What is..."
"The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the respond to real control."
"He said that life boils down to standing in line to get shit dropped on your head. Everyone's got a place in the queue, you can't get out of it, and just when you start to congratulate yourself on sur..."
"You’ll 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"
"For Calo, Galdo, and Bug"