“I sometimes think that ‘friend’ is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.”
Scott Lynch Quotes
born 1978 United States
Scott Lynch (born April 2, 1978, in Saint Paul) is an American fantasy author, best known for his Gentlemen Bastards series of novels.
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Also known as: Red Seas Under Red Skies
71 quotes
When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
I have always found the presumptions of others to be the best possible disguise—haven’t you?
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
You can’t help being young, but it’s past time that you stopped being stupid.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
A Year and a Day in Old Theradane (2014)
Damn it, when will you learn that refusing to admit you’ve lost isn’t the same as winning?
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
Are you really that arrogant, that logic is as optional as a fashion accessory for you?
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
Time’s a river, Locke, and we’ve always drifted farther down it than we think.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
I make it a point never to trust men with weapons to my windpipe.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
The sun is up, and all that money out there won’t steal itself.
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
You have confused me with someone who knows what’s going on.
A Year and a Day in Old Theradane (2014)
Push your luck, gorgeous, and eventually luck pushes back.
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
Some mysteries are better off with their throats slit.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
Only gods-damned fools die for lines drawn on maps.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
I find it best to make corpses of complications.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
You’re ten pints of crazy in a one-pint glass.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Scott Lynch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.