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The Republic of Thieves

Scott Lynch

Top 10 Best Quotes

“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.”

“Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”

“What's the n-never-fail universal apology?" "'I was badly misinformed, I deeply regret the error, go fuck yourself with this bag of money.”

“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.”

“I don't expect life to make sense," he said after a few moments, "but it could certainly be pleasant if it would stop kicking us in the balls.”

“He said that life boils down to standing in line to get shit dropped on your head. Everyone's got a place in the queue, you can't get out of it, and just when you start to congratulate yourself on surviving your dose of shit, you discover that the line is actually circular.”

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

“What is government but theft by consent?”

“I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope.”

“My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it”

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words-of-wisdom, bitterness, apology, inspirational, love, bullshit, shit-happens, lying, truth, life, apologies, women, bribery

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