The Days Gone By

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

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"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."  - Scott Lynch (Red Seas Under Red Skies)

"Thieves prosper. The rich remember."  - Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies (via eimajjamie)

"Distrust everyone and you can never be betrayed. Opposed, but never betrayed."  - Scott Lynch (via thedoctorinabluebox)

"It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. ‘I was comfortable, and you dared move’, those jaded eyes said. ‘For that you must die’."  - Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch. (via eightbullets)

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All he and Jean had ever wanted to do was steal as much as they could carry and laugh all the way to a safe distance. Why had it cost them so many loved ones? Why did some stupid motherfucker always have to imagine that you could cross a Camorri with impudence?

Because you can’t, Locke thought, sucking air through gritted teeth as the Sinspire loomed overhead, throwing blue and red light into the dark sky. You can’t. We proved it once and we’ll prove it again tonight, before all the gods.

"  - Locke Lamora on past events, and possible future ones, in Red Seas Under Red Skies, by Scott Lynch (via kammartinez)