Scott Lynch quote: "Know something? I'd lay even odds that between the people following us and the people hunting us, we've become this city's principle means of employment. Tal Verrar's entire economy is now based on <i>fucking with us</i>."

... It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it."

"Bug," Calo said, "Locke is our brother and...
SCOTT LYNCH

Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first ...
SCOTT LYNCH

Those prancing little pants-wetters come here to learn the colorful and gentlemanly art of fencing, ...
SCOTT LYNCH

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!
SCOTT LYNCH

[Pulling off the Startline, Lynch began to make his way through the pack and it wasn't long before h...
SCOTT LYNCH

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?"

"One that has something better," said Loc...
SCOTT LYNCH

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t...
SCOTT LYNCH

Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.
SCOTT LYNCH

You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a ...
SCOTT LYNCH

[With six out of 12 event completed, Lynch holds the point lead by a margin of 48 points.] We would ...
SCOTT LYNCH

If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.
SCOTT LYNCH

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify i...
SCOTT LYNCH

I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!
SCOTT LYNCH

I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had...
SCOTT LYNCH

When the sky’s falling, I take shelter under bullshit.
SCOTT LYNCH

Someday, Locke Lamora,” he said, “someday, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambiti...
SCOTT LYNCH

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.
SCOTT LYNCH

Advice," Doña Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting o...
SCOTT LYNCH

If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about...
SCOTT LYNCH

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.
SCOTT LYNCH

The fact Locke didn't die instantly may be taken as proof that a human male can survive having every...
SCOTT LYNCH

So that makes us robbers of robbers," said Bug, "who pretend to be robbers working for a robber of o...
SCOTT LYNCH

You can't help being young, but it's past time that you stopped being stupid.
SCOTT LYNCH

What kind of knife is this?” Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains’ inspection. �...
SCOTT LYNCH

I've got kids that enjoy stealing. I've got kids that don't think about stealing one way or t...
SCOTT LYNCH

A glass poured to air for the one who sits with us unseen; the patron and protector, the Crooked War...
SCOTT LYNCH

Yes," said Locke."Yes, Master Ibelius. I'm going to put that fucker in the dirt as deeply as any man...
SCOTT LYNCH

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

"'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret th...
SCOTT LYNCH

Endure for another day, Mister Tannen, and you'll have all the foul black misuse of water you can dr...
SCOTT LYNCH

I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price th...
SCOTT LYNCH

We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more
SCOTT LYNCH

Locke sighed.
'So this is winning,' he said.
'It is,' replied Jean.
'It can go fuck ...
SCOTT LYNCH

A boy may be as disagreeable as he pleases, but when a girl refuses to crap sunshine on command, the...
SCOTT LYNCH

I hope a shark tries to suck your cock!
SCOTT LYNCH

Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?”
“On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opi...
SCOTT LYNCH

You're one third bad intentions, one third pure avarice, and one eighth sawdust. What's left, I'll c...
SCOTT LYNCH

I don't have to beat you. I don't have to beat you, motherfucker. I just have to keep you here... un...
SCOTT LYNCH

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

Difficult" and "impossible" are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.
SCOTT LYNCH

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k...
DAVID LYNCH

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll ...
THOMAS LYNCH

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.
DAVID LYNCH

We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in Count...
JACK LYNCH

It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.
JACK LYNCH

The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
JACK LYNCH

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless ...
JACK LYNCH

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JANE LYNCH

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I'm the champ that puns the camp! That's what I always wanted. I wanted to be seen as a main...
BECKY LYNCH

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state governme...
JOHN LYNCH

I quit wrestling in 2006 because I just got lost. My mom didn't want me wrestling. I was wonderi...
BECKY LYNCH

An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting...
DAVID LYNCH

I'm from Tullahoma, TN which is an hour south of Nashville, and I grew up and wanted to be like ...
DUSTIN LYNCH

Jimmy Meng sought to be a power broker in the halls of justice. But the influence he sought to peddl...
LORETTA LYNCH

A wide variety of devices beyond personal computers are arriving, many of which will be used to brow...
KEVIN LYNCH

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I usually try to stay off my phone and enjoy the world, but when I am on my phone, it's always f...
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I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I becom...
DAVID LYNCH

To learn to do backflips and front flips, you had to fall and bump your head a couple times. I'v...
MARSHAWN LYNCH

You never want to be the one who everyone is going to bust jokes on. The only way to prevent that is...
MARSHAWN LYNCH

I don't play ball because I want attention. I do it because it gives me the opportunity to bust ...
MARSHAWN LYNCH

It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take.
EVANNA LYNCH

I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way i...
DAVID LYNCH

Growing up in Oakland, we did things like white t-shirt, blue jeans and Nikes. That was my get down,...
MARSHAWN LYNCH

I love Bob Dylan. Who doesn't? He tapped into some kind of vein and it keeps on keeping on. Ther...
DAVID LYNCH

You get a painting idea, and you go do that. You get a cinema idea, and you go in to do that. The di...
DAVID LYNCH

The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it reall...
JENNIFER LYNCH

Everybody that's employed by 'WWE' - the biggest wrestling company in the world - should...
BECKY LYNCH

Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' a...
BECKY LYNCH

Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdow...
BECKY LYNCH

I'd read Stone Cold's biography about how he lived on, like, raw potatoes, and I thought, th...
BECKY LYNCH

What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied clown. I studied ...
BECKY LYNCH

When things are scary, or there's a struggle, I always think, 'How is this going to sound in...
BECKY LYNCH

I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would bene...
BECKY LYNCH

We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Fo...
BECKY LYNCH

It's so important just to be true to yourself and to own your own character and take responsibil...
BECKY LYNCH

My life changed completely. It's crazy now. It's kind of gone from striving and wondering an...
BECKY LYNCH

It was all encompassing and so hard for me to do any classes or take up any hobbies - I'd wake u...
BECKY LYNCH

When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.'...
BECKY LYNCH

Everybody has that thing about them that makes them special, and sometimes we try to dull it down or...
BECKY LYNCH

I love 'Pac-man', 'Mortal Kombat', and 'Street Fighter'. 'Ryu' is my...
BECKY LYNCH

This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin...
BECKY LYNCH

I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It...
BECKY LYNCH

You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wonderi...
BECKY LYNCH

I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dr...
BECKY LYNCH

My brother was going to go to England to wrestle, but then we found out they were opening a wrestlin...
BECKY LYNCH

I remember I did a boxing class. I remember sparring one time, and the guy smacked me right in the n...
BECKY LYNCH

Mostly for social media, Twitter or Instagram becomes so much more fun when you can be boastful and ...
BECKY LYNCH

Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're goi...
BECKY LYNCH

I think we have the best women's division on Smackdown Live. But, I miss Charlotte like a son of...
BECKY LYNCH

I wasn't born to be champion - I fought to be champion.
BECKY LYNCH

What I have seen in my travels across this country is the dedication, the commitment, and the resolv...
LORETTA LYNCH

The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.
DAVID LYNCH

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
PETER LYNCH

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.
CHARLES LYNCH

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you...
PETER LYNCH

We will not agree on every issue. But let us respect those differences and respect one another. Let ...
JOHN LYNCH

Well, for someone who looks like me you wonder where Alfred Hitchcock is.
KELLY LYNCH

Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. I...
DAVID LYNCH

Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, filmmaking, business - everything. I think you coul...
DAVID LYNCH

Let us reflect on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state-sanctioned discrimination never ...
LORETTA LYNCH

What matters is that there is somewhere for those who are troubled, threatened or afraid to turn to ...
LORETTA LYNCH

Those who store, package, and sell the food we serve our families have a responsibility to maintain ...
LORETTA LYNCH

Every American expects and deserves the protection of law enforcement that is effective, responsive,...
LORETTA LYNCH

Almost one in three Americans has had some contact with the criminal justice system. When you reach ...
LORETTA LYNCH

We have determined as a society, as a country, as a people, that the incarceration and the supervisi...
LORETTA LYNCH

Let me say that if the political arena is your choice as you work to keep our democracy strong and o...
LORETTA LYNCH

Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, let us instead learn from o...
LORETTA LYNCH

Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made ba...
LORETTA LYNCH

In a world that is more interconnected and interdependent than ever before, it is critical that we w...
LORETTA LYNCH

Certainly, by providing individuals coming out of institutions with ways to become productive citize...
LORETTA LYNCH

This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move cl...
LORETTA LYNCH

No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of...
LORETTA LYNCH

Others will always seek to define you based on what they think you represent or who they think you a...
LORETTA LYNCH

It's a great thing to live in a digital age. It's convenient; it's fast.
LORETTA LYNCH

I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.
LORETTA LYNCH

The motto of the Netherlands is translated into English as 'I will uphold.' But I want you t...
LORETTA LYNCH

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and ...
LORETTA LYNCH

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person...
LORETTA LYNCH

The good in this world far outweighs the evil. Our common humanity transcends our differences, and o...
LORETTA LYNCH

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of ...
LORETTA LYNCH

Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal electio...
LORETTA LYNCH

Well just meeting J. K. Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we...
EVANNA LYNCH

Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, s...
EVANNA LYNCH

They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after...
EVANNA LYNCH

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciou...
DAVID LYNCH

Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really...
DAVID LYNCH

Negativity is the enemy of creativity.
DAVID LYNCH

I got very carried away with my 'Harry Potter' life and we did have school but I didn't ...
EVANNA LYNCH

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I...
JESSICA LYNCH

I auditioned for a one-act version of 'The Princess and the Pea' called 'The Ugly Duckli...
JANE LYNCH

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.
DAVID LYNCH

Really, they're behind the curve. They've lost to AMD on multiple directions, but the most important...
BEN LYNCH

Based on data from the mid-quarter update, we don't expect significant surprises in product or geogr...
BEN LYNCH

Intel's Core architecture will address the power gap in the server and desktop segments, and the lar...
BEN LYNCH

We believe the verdict, not yet binding, introduces fresh concerns on the company's cash position as...
BEN LYNCH

I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this...
DAVID LYNCH

When I was a kid, we would get McDonalds on Christmas Eve, and that was a big deal because the close...
JANE LYNCH

I would love to do the therapist on 'Two and a Half Men' again or just work with Charlie She...
JANE LYNCH

Charlie Sheen was such a pro.
JANE LYNCH

The sentence imposed on Abdul Kadir sends a powerful and clear message. We will bring to justice tho...
LORETTA LYNCH

The public properly relies upon FDA classification of drugs as nonprescription as a reflection of th...
LORETTA LYNCH

Apparently, the winner on the show receives a lot of money. He wasn't allowed to tell anyone whether...
ANDY LYNCH

I thought it was going to be a lot busier.
ANDY LYNCH

As the fuel permeates more in the market, we expect the price to level out.
ANDY LYNCH

It?s a step in the right direction. Right now we?re trying to educate the public about what the prod...
ANDY LYNCH

There's definitely a deal to be done there between the two businesses. It will probably get done at ...
ANDY LYNCH

Some of these stocks may not be in glamorous businesses, but right now you've got to have them.
ANDY LYNCH

Everyone's looking at this deal and saying there's a lot of value to be created.
ANDY LYNCH

Hotels are a difficult way to make money, as there are a lot of fixed costs. Ladbrokes, on the other...
ANDY LYNCH

European retail is going to be a hard place to make money for investors over the next 12 months.
ANDY LYNCH

In Iraq and Afghanistan, we need troops on the ground and they need to be protected. It's an area of...
ANDY LYNCH

I supported myself by delivering the 'Wall Street Journal' and doing odd jobs. I love plumbi...
DAVID LYNCH

So while I was in college I did a little study on the freight industry, the air freight industry. An...
PETER LYNCH

I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn'...
JESSICA LYNCH

I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.
DAVID LYNCH

With women empowerment and women coming together, it's not about being better than the guys or w...
BECKY LYNCH

The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.
DAVID LYNCH

In 2007, Michael Grimm, former Marine, former FBI agent, accountant and attorney, was poised for suc...
LORETTA LYNCH

For a while, I was a flight attendant. I lived in New York, and I was a bartender. I took cooking cl...
BECKY LYNCH

Our state's beautiful natural environment is part of why we all love and live in New Hampshire. ...
JOHN LYNCH

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and withou...
LORETTA LYNCH

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.
JANE LYNCH

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
KELLY LYNCH

We're actually helping advance HTML5 in some very concrete ways, such as Edge, which is in beta.
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We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, ...
JOHN LYNCH

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses...
JOHN LYNCH

What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, peop...
LORETTA LYNCH

If you are in your everyday life, and you feel like you just accomplished something big that you had...
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I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a coun...
DUSTIN LYNCH

I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
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Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spe...
LORETTA LYNCH

The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to...
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When I speak to a victim or their family, people who were left bruised and battered by someone, and ...
LORETTA LYNCH

I just like beautiful women. They don't have to be a celebrity, though... I mean, if they're...
MARSHAWN LYNCH

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DAVID LYNCH

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I like for Sue Sylvester to be firing on all cylinders.
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I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.
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I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But ...
DAVID LYNCH

Every time I called that play, I knew it was going to be a long-yardage play.
BRIAN LYNCH

Casey is one of of those kids who just plays with great, great heart,
BRIAN LYNCH

Lots of people keep telling (the Sentinels) that they're very good. The parents say it, teammates sa...
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It actually works out pretty well. The furthest she has to travel is America -- and it's usually whe...
BRIAN LYNCH

Tennis is such an intense sport. They have the toughest schedule all year around. It's kind of cruel...
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My dog liked hers a little too much. I was quite embarrassed, actually.
BRIAN LYNCH

It's a great way to punctuate the racing season,
BRIAN LYNCH

Daniel's a great player for his size. He's 5-8, 170 pounds. When you're only 5-8, they tend to give ...
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I think I'd try a little bit of the spread offense a little bit earlier and try and confuse them, .....
BRIAN LYNCH

We executed the things we needed to execute. I know it's preseason, but I'm impressed with our overa...
BRIAN LYNCH

A soft-landing economic background is good for the dollar. The dollar has risen strongly since June ...
BOB LYNCH

The G-7 finance ministers could issue a statement saying, 'We share Europe's concern with the weak e...
BOB LYNCH

The dollar is performing well across the board, and capital flows are still very much a factor,
BOB LYNCH

The 50-basis-point increase in May, combined with the previous moves by the Fed, and weaker economic...
BOB LYNCH

The European Central Bank is worried that weakness in the euro will result in inflation.
BOB LYNCH

Intervention can be effective in the short term, but it doesn't do much to arrest the bigger issues....
BOB LYNCH

I think this is what helps me feel good. I suck in a lot of oxygen while rowing.
BOB LYNCH

The market is far from convinced about the sustainability of the recovery in Japan.
BOB LYNCH

Know something? I'd lay even odds that between the people following us and the people hunting us, we've become this city's principle means of employment. Tal Verrar's entire economy is now based on fucking with us.

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