328 Quotes by Scott Lynch

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.

Bearded peasant goes in one end of an alley, clean-shaven gentleman comes out the other? Really?” “It’s a classic!

There was danger in her tone. “Am I really? Why should that be exceptional? A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command the world mutters darkly about her moods.

Our patron has always sort of danced upon the notion that austerity and piety go hand in hand; down here, we show our appreciation for things by appreciating, if you get me.

The difference between honest and dishonest commerce is that when an honest man or woman of business ruins someone, they don’t have the courtesy to cut their throat to finish the affair.

And I correct you again. Difficult. ‘Difficult’ and ‘impossible’ are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.

What good’s slacking all the time if the ship comes apart beneath you while you sleep?

Run like the hounds of hell on a sinner’s scent!

Enthusiasm is the first step, Artfulness comes later.