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.
And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.
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Alberto Moravia
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
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Sun Tzu
Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.
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Jim Butcher
Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.
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Ashly Lorenzana
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.
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Walter Scott
More Quotes By Scott Lynch
That's a sweet piece, " said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. "You didn't snatch that off a street."" No, " said Locke, before taking another deep draught of the warm water in the decanter. "I got it from the neck of the governor's mistress.""...
If reassurances could dull pain, nobody would ever go to the trouble of pressing grapes.
Locke sighed.' So this is winning, ' he said.' It is, ' replied Jean. 'It can go fuck itself, ' said Locke.
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.
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 a sage.
