“(Jeez, get a locked room on unsanctified ground, you two.)”

“The way that big software companies used to make software was hiring all the smart people, locking them in a room, and sliding pizza under the door, until they had written whatever needed writing. And then selling tickets to get into the room.”

“Many women do not like to sleep on the ground floor, being afraid to leave their windows open at night. With ridge-dormers standing open, the lower windows may be kept closed and locked, while the room will be perfectly ventilated without them.”

“Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day,
When you took a mouse thief and locked him away,
Silly cat, look at that, it's two for one,
A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone.”

“There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.”

“I got bored of the tedious conversations, talking to the dealer in a stairwell where you're not supposed to be, then going back to a depressing room and spending nine hours locked up going "eeerh", then going back to get more with what little money you have left.”

“The only person who gets away with Locke Lamora games—” “—is Locke Lamora—”

“Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room.”

“I'd have to lock the door of the paint room. He wouldn't allow anyone in. I was like a prisoner.”

“Its quite an experience to be locked up all by yourself in any size room, no less a little cell.”