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“Next came the sort of kiss that banished the world to distant background noise and seemed to last a month.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 10 “The Five-Year Game: Final Approaches” section 13 (p. 610)

“I’m losing my taste for subtlety as fast as I’m depleting my supply.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 14 “Scourging the Sea of Brass” section 1 (p. 640)

“Most of us find it starkly ludicrous that the height of all possible ambition, to the ungifted, must be to drape oneself in crowns and robes.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 4 “Across the Amathel” section 3 (p. 191)

““Liquor does this? Even after you’re sober?”
“A cruel joke, isn’t it? The gods put a price tag on everything, it seems.””

Interlude “The Last Mistake” section 1 (p. 179)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)

“”Oh, gods,” he cried. ”Oh, gods protect me! It’s you!”
“Of course it’s me,“ said Locke. “You just don’t know who the hell I am yet.“”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 16 “Settling Accounts” sections 2-3 (p. 712)

“I’m going to give you a thorough examination. This may cause some discomfort, but don’t complain. I won’t be listening.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 1 “Things Get Worse” section 8 (p. 47)

“People die when they get hanged. It’s why they hang them!”

Prologue “The Minder” section 8 (p. 19)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)

“I find it best to make corpses of complications.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 13 “Points of Decision” section 2 (p. 587)

““Here's to charming losers, I suppose.“
“If only we knew where to find some.“”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 1 “Little Games” section 3 (p. 14)

“I’m not without my sympathies, Lamora. They just don’t necessarily reside with you.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 5 “The Five-Year Game: Starting Position” section 6 (p. 270)

“Maybe this is going to complicate the hell out of things. So what? You’re the complication I want more than anything else. You’re my favorite complication.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 8 “The Five-Year Game: Infinite Variation” section 2 (p. 449)

“Time went by with all the speed of a sleepless night.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 3 “Warm Hospitality” section 3 (p. 124)

“The trouble with creating military dictators, Locke reflected, was getting rid of them after the immediate crisis was past.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 1 “Little Games” section 5 (p. 35)