If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kr

— Scott Lynch

I’m done losing. Do you fucking hear me? I am done losing. Spare me your precious self-pity, because this isn’t a stage and I didn’t pay two coppers to cry my eyes out over anyone’s death speech. You don’t fucking get one, understand? I don’t care if you cough up buckets of blood. Buckets I can carry.

— Scott Lynch

I’m not beholden to the confirmation of your prejudices; to be perfectly frank, the prospect of confining the female characters in my story to placid, helpless secondary places in the narrative is so goddamn boring that I would rather not write at all.

— Scott Lynch

I’m speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There’s powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

— Scott Lynch

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.

— Scott Lynch

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.

— Scott Lynch

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

— Scott Lynch

I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!

— Scott Lynch

It’s an old Chamorro tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid,” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

— Scott Lynch

... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it."" Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four most fatal words in the Therein language are 'Locke would appreciate it.'"" Rivalled only by 'Locke taught me a new trick,'" added Gala." The only person who gets away with Locke Zamora games ...""... is Locke ...""... because we think the gods are saving him up for a huge death. Something with knives and hot irons ...""... and fifty thousand cheering spectators.

— Scott Lynch