That sounds dangerous,’said Jean.’For anyone else, maybe.For Gentlemen Bastards,we,it;s just what we do.’ ‘We?’ ‘We.

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

We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

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...

Truth be known, I am actually looking forward to this round, … The West Series has never competed on this track, so it is pretty much like sailing into uncharted waters. There is no open...

Caldris led them over to a large covered basket that sat on the stones near the docked dinghy. He undid the cover, reached in and removed a live kitten. “- Hello, you monstrous little necessity”....

I’m looking forward to this race. I really like running on the bigger speedway tracks and tend to do well. They are faster and it is easier to plan your moves. I have competed at...

You have to be a dead-eyed dirty-souled maniac to want to spend your extended life trading punches with other maniacs. Once you’ve seized that power, there’s no getting off the merry-go-round. You fight like hell...

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...

In a fair fight, the don’s man would almost certainly paint the walls with Locke and Calo’s blood, so it stood to reason that this fight would have to be as unfair as possible.

I sometimes think that ‘friend’ is just a word I use for all the people I haven’t murdered yet.

The mailing of this newspaper . . . appears to be an end run around the [campaign finance] $150,000 spending limit.

Can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming ‘Your cats! Give us all your god-damned cats!

It’s been really overwhelming. There have been more people than you can imagine reaching out.

[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...

The fact Locke didn’t die instantly may be taken as proof that a human male can survive having every last warm drop of blood within his body rush instantly to the vicinity of his cheeks.

You’d have to take your shoes and breeches off to count to twenty-one!

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.

Everyone on the team is very, very motivated,

if the suggestion that the minuscule black turnip you call a heart is suddenly overflowing with generosity toward me leaves me wanting to arm myself and put my back against a wall.

Compared to what she was running, these things are pig heavy and have no power. If I had to jump into an Indy Car, I’d be as lost as she was. Now that she’s getting...

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

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?””One that has something better” – Locke Lamora to the Gray king

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

We are set for a repeat performance, … For this race we are flying the Stockton Dodge colors on our 08 Dodge and we want to put their banner right in Victory Lane.

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...

Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

Am I making myself clear, Orrin? I don’t regret how I’ve lived these past few years. I move where I will. I set no appointments. I guard no borders. What landbound king has the freedom...

It was raining when Amarelle Parathis went out just after sunset to find a drink, and there was strange magic in the rain. It came down in pale lavenders and coppers and reds, soft lines...

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

he explains. There was a lot of rubber on the track from the IRL practice and it began to sprinkle just as I went out. However, I knew we had a great Dodge and figured...

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.

Well, in Shades’ Hill you may be able to eat cold bacon and dirt pies off one another’s asses for all your old master cares. But now you’re a Gentleman Bastard, emphasis on the Gentleman....

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

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

I’m not beholden to the confirmation of your prejudices; to be perfectly frank, the prospect of confining the female characters in my story to placid, helpless secondary places in the narrative is so goddamn boring...

If you want to write a negative review, don’t tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken.”[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]

I can’t quite remember a race like this, … It all started out fine. Our Mr. Gas Dodge was strong and we were making headway, in fact, by Lap 69 we were in the lead....

Advice,” Doña Vorchenza chuckled. “Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one’s mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you’re a nag. Give it at seventy and you’re...

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else!

Sweat, scalded meat, puke, blood, smoke and a dozen kinds of bad ale and wine: the bouquet of civilized nightlife

My name’s Jean Tannen, and I’m the ambush.

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

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

Douglas County Speedway has been pretty good to us in the past,

… It’s perfect! Locke would appreciate it.””Bug,” Calo said, “Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four most fatal words in the Therin language are ‘Locke would appreciate...

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

Sophara scrawled orders on a slate and handed it to one of the libationarians, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the contents and locations of all the bottles kept the bar running.

womens’ issues.” Likewise, in fantasy, the imprimatur of a dude somehow makes stuff like romance, relationship drama, introspection, and adorable animal companions magically not girly after all.In a sense, we male fantasists are allowed to...

[With both qualifying and racing taking place on Saturday, racers will have an open practice on Friday.] Being able to run on Friday really helps, … It gives us time to make sure everything is...