Scott Lynch Quotes

Government affairs are a bit beyond our experience, said Jean.
Nonsense. You'll feel right at home. What is government but theft by consent? You'll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.

I’m losing my taste for subtlety as fast as I’m depleting my supply.

You need money that badly?
As a tool, certainly. Its application is simple and universally effective.

By rights he was still outrunning his age, still ahead of most men nearing threescore years, but he knew deep in his heart that there would never be any way of running fast enough.

You know, believe it or not, 'the gods will provide' is not a fucking plan, lad. You've got one hell of a talent for improvisation, but when that lets you down, it lets you down hard.

Yes, I like it a lot, it's all worth having to bathe, even!
Hmmm, said Chains. You live long enough for your stones to drop, then tell me if bathing is really such a hardship when the young women around you have bosoms that are more than theoretical.
What? When my what?
Never mind. That subject will be sufficiently confusing in its own good time.

I can’t live forever. Each time something like this affair lands in my lap, I suddenly recall that I don’t want to live forever.

“When I get this door open, you’re dead, Jean!“
“When you get that door open? I look forward to many long years of life, then.“

Only gods-damned fools die for lines drawn on maps.

It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming.

I’m not without my sympathies, Lamora. They just don’t necessarily reside with you.

My responsibility was to tell you the truth, not wrap you in swaddling clothes. She raised her hood again, half-veiling her face in shadow. Nor protect you from your own badly aimed temper.

Sabetha threw her own shoes and costume components on the tiles near the bath. She retained only her black hose and a dressing gown. Locke did his best to look like he wasn’t staring, and she did an admirable job of pretending she wasn’t encouraging him.

Nikoros, your job this afternoon is to say yes to anything that comes out of my mouth. The more you rehearse this, the sooner it'll become a smooth mechanical process allowing no time for painful reflection. Can you practice for me?
Yes.
You're a natural.