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“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“There are only three people in life you can never fool--pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother's dead, I've taken her place. Hence, I'm bullshit-proof.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins.”
― Snow Crash
― Snow Crash
“So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of other robbers.”
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
― The Lies of Locke Lamora
“You can never have too many knives, his father had told him. Unless they're pointed at you, and by people who don't like you much. ”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
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