“I've got kids that enjoy stealing. I've got kids that don't think about stealing one way or the other, and I've got kids that just tolerate stealing because they know they've got nothing else to do. But nobody--and I mean nobody--has ever been hungry for it like this boy. 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. He...steals too much.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else.”
― The Blade Itself
― The Blade Itself
“A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.”
― Before They Are Hanged
― Before They Are Hanged
“You're one third bad intentions, one third pure avarice, and one eighth sawdust. What's left, I'll credit, must be brains.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“ I want to hug you. And I want to tear your gods-damned head off. Both at once."
"Ah," said Locke. "Near as I can tell, that’s the definition of 'family' right there.”
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
"Ah," said Locke. "Near as I can tell, that’s the definition of 'family' right there.”
― Red Seas Under Red Skies
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