The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the response to real control.

— Scott Lynch

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.

— Scott Lynch

To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the hours of hell on a sinner's scent!

— Scott Lynch

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!

— Scott Lynch

We don’t see the life after life as it truly is, because in our eyes it conforms to our mechanics of nature.

— Scott Lynch

We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way!

— Scott Lynch

We’re a different sort of thief here, Zamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

— Scott Lynch

What do you do,' said Jean, 'with, ah, "unsifted" children when you have them?'' Cherish them and raise them, you imbecile. Most of them end up working for us, in Keychain and elsewhere. What did you think we'd do, burn them on a pyre?'' Forget I asked

— Scott Lynch

What do you think of the old boy?" said Jean." He's got a strangely sunny view of ten years of defeat", said Locke, "but if I get killed in the next six weeks, I want him to speak at my funeral.

— Scott Lynch

What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. “It’s all wrong. You couldn’t kill anyone with this.”“Well, not very easily, I’ll grant you that, my boy.” Chains guided Locke in the placement of the butter knife and assorted small dishes and bowls. “But when the quality get-together to dine, it’s impolite to knock anybody off with anything but poison. That thing is for scooping butter, not slicing windpipes.”“This is a lot of trouble to go to just to eat.”“Well, in Shades’ Hill you may be able to eat cold bacon and dirt pies off one another’s asses for all your old master cares. But now you’re a Gentleman Bastard, emphasis on the Gentleman. You’re going to learn how to eat like this, and how to serve people wheat like this.

— Scott Lynch