Quotes from work
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the first book of the Gentleman Bastard series. Elite con artists calling themselves the "Gentleman Bastards" rob the rich of the city of Camorr, based on late medieval Venice but on an unnamed world. Two stories interweave: in the present, the Gentleman Bastards fight a mysterious Gray King taking over the criminal underworld; alternate chapters describe the history of Camorr and the Gentleman Bastards, in particular protagonist Locke Lamora.
“You can’t help being young, but it’s past time that you stopped being stupid.”
Interlude “Locke Stays for Dinner” section 1 (p. 121)
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 13 “Orchids and Assassins” section 4 (p. 567)
“I'm not as reckless as I used to be. You know, when I was little.”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora
“I'm fit and I'm angry, and I'm obviously crazy. Anything could happen.”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora
“Time’s a river, Locke, and we’ve always drifted farther down it than we think.”
Interlude “Up the River” section 2 (p. 392)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
“I have always found the presumptions of others to be the best possible disguise—haven’t you?”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 15 “Spiderbite” section 5 (p. 636)
“I’m sure we can communicate. I speak fluent hatchet.”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 10 “Teeth Lessons” section 2 (p. 457)
“Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn’t it?”
Interlude “Locke Stays for Dinner” section 1 (p. 125)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
“When you’re a priest, people tend to see the robe rather than the man.”
Interlude “The Half-Crown War” section 1 (p. 414)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006), Chapter 9 “A Curious Tale for Countess Amberglass” section 1 (p. 435)
