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The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) QUOTES

The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) QUOTES

1 " A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the world mutters darkly about her moods. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

2 " Get used to gaps in your comprehension,” said Sabetha. “The rest of us certainly have. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

3 " Maybe the one real advantage to getting older is that you have the time to pull your head a little bit farther out of your ass. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

4 " A troupe learns to play like we all learn to screw, stumbling and jostling until everything's finally in the right place. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

5 " You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

6 " We like what we like, we want what we want, and nobody needs to give us permission to feel that way! "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

7 " Familiarity has a way of filing the sharp edges off our feelings for other people. You'll see. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

8 " I assure you that in all matters of discretion not involving food, we make etiquette tutors look like slobbering barbarians. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

9 " He said that life boils down to standing in line to get shit dropped on your head. Everyone's got a place in the queue, you can't get out of it, and just when you start to congratulate yourself on surviving your dose of shit, you discover that the line is actually circular. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

10 " I’m done losing. Do you fucking hear me? I am done losing. Spare me your precious self-pity, because this isn’t a stage and I didn’t pay two coppers to cry my eyes out over anyone’s death speech. You don’t fucking get one, understand? I don’t care if you cough up buckets of blood. Buckets I can carry. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

11 " It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid,” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

12 " To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on a sinner's scent! "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

13 " Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

14 " We don’t see the life after life as it truly is, because in our eyes it conforms to our mechanics of nature. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

15 " When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

16 " Endure for another day, Mister Tannen, and you'll have all the foul black misuse of water you can drink. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

17 " What's the n-never-fail universal apology?"

"'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

18 " I can neither confirm nor deny you are a sneaky, sneaky bitch. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

19 " Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)

20 " Have you considered extreme, desperate measures like talking to her again?"

"Yeah, but, well..."

"You've yeah-but your way to this point," said Jean. "You're going to yeah-but this mess until it's time to go home, and I don't doubt you'll yeah-but her out of your life. Quit circling at a distance. Go talk to her, for Preva's sake. "

― Scott Lynch , The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3)