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“I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But… can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming, 'Your cats! Give us all your gods-damned cats!”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“Only one way to win when you're being chased by someone bigger and tougher than you. Turn straight around, punch their teeth out, and hope the gods are fond of you.”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?”
“On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“Yeah, but if I don't start my nervous pacing now, I'll never have it all done in time.”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I'm not as reckless as I used to be. You know, when I was little.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“I don’t need to be reminded that we’re up to our heads in dark water. I just want you boys to remember that we’re the gods-damned sharks.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“[W]hen you find yourself face to face with one [Bondsmage], you bow and scrape and mind your 'sirs' and 'madams.'"

…

'Nice bird, asshole,' said Locke.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“Congratulations! We’re reverse burglars, here to give you fifty gold solari!”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“But you didn't die."
"Clever lad, to deduce that from such slender evidence after living with me for just three years.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“What thief does not fight to hold what he has?"

"One that has something better," said Locke.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“In a fair fight, the don's man would almost certainly paint the walls with Locke and Calo's blood, so it stood to reason that this fight would have to be as unfair as possible.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I trust my points are noted… Very noted… Received, recognized, and duly considered with the utmost gravity. Sealed, notarized, and firmly imprinted upon my rational essence.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“We may need to ready ourselves to repel boarders.” “With what? One stiletto and hurtful insinuations about their mothers?”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“They kissed for the sort of endless moment that only exists between lovers whose lips are still new territory to one another.”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies

“You’ll pardon me,” he finally said, “if the suggestion that the minuscule black turnip you call a heart is suddenly overflowing with generosity toward me leaves me wanting to arm myself and put my back against a wall.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I'm fit and I'm angry, and I'm obviously crazy. Anything could happen.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“The only constant in the soul of man is inconstancy; anything and everything else can pass out of fashion--even something as utilitarian as a hill stuffed full of corpses.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“This is where you and I are headed…. Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated”

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“You’ve the presence of a mouse fart in a high wind. Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“We have a new problem, fresh from the oven and hot as hell.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“You’re ten pints of crazy in a one-pint glass.”

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Scott Lynch libro Red Seas Under Red Skies

Origine: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 8 “Summer’s End” section 5 (p. 396)

“Gentlemen Bastards." hissed Locke, "do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“The water caught the Falselight glimmer like layers of shifting, translucent mirrors and formed split-second works of art in the air, but men cursed it anyway, because it made their heads wet.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I keep asking myself," whispered Sabetha, giving Locke's arm a squeeze, "ARE we smarter than that woman's chicken?"

"At the moment, it's an open question," said Locke.”

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Scott Lynch libro The Republic of Thieves

Origine: The Republic of Thieves

“Justice is red.”

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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora

Origine: The Lies of Locke Lamora

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