“4788. The Thief is sorry he is to be hanged, but not that he is a Thief.”

“Even if he was a thief, he was my thief. I could not push him away anymore.”

“The sun is a thief: she lures the sea
and robs it. The moon is a thief:
he steals his silvery light from the sun.
The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon.”

“I'm afraid that Jesus coming as a thief, he might be hanged this time, instead of the crucifixion. Theft is prohibited. Even God doesn't like thieves.”

“One can insult an honest man or an honest woman, but to tell a thief that he is a thief is merely la constation d'un fait”

“Two thieves also enjoyed the ride with Jesus. Maybe he's coming back to fulfil the promise that he made that day on the cross. Coming for the thief, rather like a thief himself.”

“Set a thief to catch a thief.”

“4106. Set a Thief to catch a Thief.”

“The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.”

“The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.”