The Republic of Thieves Quotes

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

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What do you do,' said Jean, 'with, ah, "ungifted" children when you have them?' 'Cherish them and raise them, you imbecile. Most of them end up working for us, in Karthain and elsewhere. What did you think we'd do, burn them on a pyre?' 'Forget I ask...

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

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I have only two wishes," said Jean. "The first is for strong coffee, and the second is for stronger coffee.

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Didn't Chains tell you about the Golden Theological Principle?" "The what?" "The single congruent aspect of every known religion. The one shared, universal assumption about the human condition." "What is it?" "He said that life boils down to standing...

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I keep asking myself," whispered Sabetha, giving Locke's arm a squeeze, "ARE we smarter than that woman's chicken?" "At the moment, it's an open question," said Locke.

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

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

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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

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Are you smarter than my chicken?” cried a weathered, wild-haired woman holding a nonplussed bird over her head. At her feet was a wooden board covered with numbers and arcane symbols. “Lay your bets! Test your wits against a trained fowl! One cop...

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Yeah, but if I don't start my nervous pacing now, I'll never have it all done in time.

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... and you're the son of his youngest. He has no other children. Oh, your father's dead, by the way. Fell off a horse two years ago.' 'Good to know.

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Live ' said one of the scribes. 'You mean-' 'Yeah,' said Locke. 'They've got scales, they slither around - snakes. Keep up.

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Find your happy faces, Gentlefucker Bastards, it's a bright new day and we get to start it EARLY!

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Why were all his fantasies so calamitous for that table, which had done him no injury?

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If you're going to live here, staying civil is as much a duty as sitting the steps or washing dishes. Now, while I bask in the glow of another moral sermon delivered with the precision of a master fencer, hold your applause and let's get back to last...

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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.

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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!

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