71 quotes
“I suspect that drink has made you impulsive.“
“Drink makes me see funny; the gods made me impulsive.“
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
“Here's to charming losers, I suppose.“
“If only we knew where to find some.“
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
“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.“
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
“Advice,” chuckled Doña Vorchenza. “The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one’s mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you’re a nag. Give it at seventy and you’re a sage.”
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
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.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
“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.’”
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
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.
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
They’ll be fine, and wiser for the experience. Young minds are brittle. Oldsters, now, we’ve had some disappointments. We’ve set aside the notion that we’re the center of the universe, so our minds bend with strain instead of meeting it head-on.
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It‘s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)
“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.”
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
“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.”
The Republic of Thieves (2013)