" [T]he more we do this, the more I learn about what I think Chains was really training us for. And this is it. He wasn't training us for a calm and orderly world where we could pick and choose when we need to be clever. He was training us for a situation that was fucked up on all sides. Well, we're in it, and I say we're equal to it. I don't need to be reminded that we're up to our heads in dark water. I just want you boys to remember that we're the gods-damned sharks."

"Right on," cried Bug. "I knew there was a reason I let you lead this gang! "

― Scott Lynch , The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)