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““I suspect that drink has made you impulsive.“
“Drink makes me see funny; the gods made me impulsive.“”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 1 “Little Games” section 4 (p. 29)

““Why the hell are you here?”
“A matter of conscience.”
“Really?” said Locke. “Yours? You keep alluding to its existence. Somehow I’m not convinced.””

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 9 “The Five-Year Game: Reasonable Doubt” section 1 (p. 543)

““This entire situation is insane.” Jean slammed his book shut in disgust.
“It was insane before; now it’s become malicious.””

Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 6 “Limitations” section 2 (p. 330)

“Push your luck, gorgeous, and eventually luck pushes back.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 8 “The Five-Year Game: Infinite Variation” section 8 (p. 468)

“Gods, all this maneuvering for moral advantage. You’d think we were married.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 1 “Things Get Worse” section 8 (p. 51)

“You rule the Bondsmagi,” said Locke, incredulously.
“Rule is too strong a term. We do occasionally manage to avert total chaos.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 1 “Things Get Worse” section 11 (p. 65)

““You needed a bath,“ Jean interrupted. “You were covered in self-pity.“”

Reminiscence “The Capa of Vel Virazzo” section 5 (p. 63)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)

““I never even liked cats all that much.”
“Surely you realize,” said Patience, “that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.””

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 3 “Blood and Breath and Water” section 1 (p. 146)

“Some mysteries are better off with their throats slit.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 2 “Requin” section 3 (p. 95)

“Master Kosta…What a pleasure! Selendri tells me you’ve expressed an interest in getting killed.”

Source: Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007), Chapter 2 “Requin” section 2 (p. 82)

“Refusal noted and cordially declined.”

Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 1 “Things Get Worse” section 6 (p. 43)

“I don’t want you to agree with me; I want you to use your misplaced acorn of a brain before the squirrel comes looking for it again.”

Last Reminiscence “By Their Own Rope” section 1 (p. 270)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)

“My responsibility was to tell you the truth, not wrap you in swaddling clothes.”

She raised her hood again, half-veiling her face in shadow. “Nor protect you from your own badly aimed temper.”
Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 9 “The Five-Year Game: Reasonable Doubt” section 2 (p. 551)

“This entire situation is insane.”

Jean slammed his book shut in disgust.
“It was insane before; now it’s become malicious.”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 6 “Limitations” section 2 (p. 330)

“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)