Scott Lynch Quotes

Are you really that arrogant, that logic is as optional as a fashion accessory for you?

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

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

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

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

Master Kosta...What a pleasure! Selendri tells me you’ve expressed an interest in getting killed.

“That’s a sweet piece,“ said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. “You didn’t snatch that off a street.“
“No,“ said Locke, before taking another deep draught of the warm water in the decanter. “I got it from the neck of the governor’s mistress.“
“You can’t be serious.“
“In the governor’s manor.“
“Of all the—“
“In the governor’s bed.“
“Damned lunatic!“
“With the governor sleeping next to her...It is possible,“ said Locke with a sheepish grin, “that I have been slightly too bold.“

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.

Why the hell are you here?
A matter of conscience.
Really? said Locke. Yours? You keep alluding to its existence. Somehow I'm not convinced.

Hard lessons were handed out. As many men learned to their sorrow, it’s impossible to be intimidating when one angry woman has your cock between her teeth and another is holding a stiletto to your kidneys.

I find it best to make corpses of complications.

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.

I’m going to give you a thorough examination. This may cause some discomfort, but don’t complain. I won’t be listening.

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.

Remember when I told you, for the first time? You nearly threw me off the roof—
I thought you deserved it. You know, it's an opinion I return to from time to time, whether or not a roof is available.
You're a difficult woman, Sabetha. But then, difficult women are the only ones worth falling in love with.
How would you know? It's not like you've ever been after anyone else—
That part's easy. I started with the most difficult woman possible, so there was never any need to look any further.
You're trying to be charming. She squeezed his hand once, then pulled away. I choose not to be entirely charmed, Locke Lamora.
Not entirely?
Not entirely. Not yet.