"The Lies of Locke Lamora" Quotes

A great many things go into the pot when creating a life. The trick is to know which ones to pick.

I only steal because my dear old family needs the money to live!

Someday, Locke Lamora, someday you’re going to f*ck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee.

I only have one rule. Everyone deserves a second chance. But only one. After that, you’re done.

The only thing that can break the ironclad rules of the Camorri is money, and most times it can’t even do that.

I may have been born with a silver tongue but even I can’t lie while I’m asleep.

Good men are the stars, the rocks of the ages. Bad men, well, they’re the cogs that make the world go round.

The Thorn of Camorr is renowned for drawing blood for coin, but it is the Gray King who brings a knife to the game. The Gray King is the enemy of all, for he has nothing to lose.

I only do one thing at a time, I do it very well, and then I move on.

The bonds of business are stronger than the bonds of blood.