The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)

by Scott Lynch

AN OLD Camorri proverb has it that the only constant in the soul of man is inconstancy;

‘Lies go out, but the truth stays home.’

“But perhaps not everything miserable that happens to us stems directly from one of your choices, brother. Perhaps bad tidings come regardless of what we do.

“Old sins will never be buried so deep that they cannot rise again when least expected.