Scott Lynch Quotes

That's not worth worrying about. If pressed I'll use the never-fail universal apology.
What's the n-never-fail universal apology?
'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money.'

Is this man, ah, senile?
He's absolutely competent, she answered coldly.
I assure you I am, roared Cordo. Anger changed his countenance utterly. And I will not be put off from business by assassins in my own bedroom! Now, you will either kill me immediately or negotiate the price of my release!

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

”Oh, gods,” he cried. ”Oh, gods protect me! It’s you!”
“Of course it’s me,“ said Locke. “You just don’t know who the hell I am yet.“

“Thank you very much, sir,” said Beth with nothing resembling actual gratitude.

Let's be obvious. Me brute, you weasel.
Agreed. You brute, me charming mastermind.

You rule the Bondsmagi, said Locke, incredulously.
Rule is too strong a term. We do occasionally manage to avert total chaos.

“What’s your hand [of cards] look like?“
“A parched desert...How’s yours?“
“A wasteland of bitter frustration.“

'Commonly thought,' you say? Many things are commonly thought, but perhaps not commonly thought all the way through.

Better to say nothing and be thought a fool, said Amarelle, than to interfere in the business of wizards and remove all doubt.

Maybe this is going to complicate the hell out of things. So what? You’re the complication I want more than anything else. You’re my favorite complication.

You're trying to be charming again, she said softly, but I do not choose to be charmed, Locke Lamora.

Time went by with all the speed of a sleepless night.

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

I say again, impossible.
And I correct you again. Difficult. 'Difficult' and 'impossible' are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.