Gods, I love this place,” Locke said, drumming his fingers against his thighs. “Sometimes I think this whole city was put here simply because the gods must adore crime. Pickpockets rob the common folk, merchants...

For Calo, Galdo, and Bug

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

[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...

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

Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.

Gentlemen Bastards.” hissed Locke, “do not abandon one another, and we do not run when we owe vengeance.

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.